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Granny’s Driving Directions for the: 9th Annual Missouri River 340 JULY 7, 2014 – JULY 11, 2014 Check In 2 – 6 PM Monday July 7, 2014. Pick up packet and sign waver. Security will be on duty starting at 1:00 P M and boats may be left at Kaw Point. Do not leave paddles, electronic devices etc. Mandatory Safety Meeting 7 PM Monday~ Hilton Garden Inn and a pasta buffet will be available for purchase in the safety meeting room for around $10.00. 520 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 From The East: Take I-70 West to the Minnesota Avenue exit (exit 423C). Note: As you are passing thru downtown Kansas City Missouri, be sure to stay on I-70 West (it is also 24 West). From The West: Take I-70 east to 5th Street going north. Continue to Minnesota Avenue and turn left. From the South on US Hwy 71: Take US Hwy 71 north to I-70 West. Take I-70 West to I-35 North, get into the left hand lane and look for US Hwy 24 West, take US Hwy 24 West to exit 423C/Minnesota Ave. (We are near this exit - just west of 5th Street) From the South on I-35: Take I-35 North to US Hwy 24 West. Take US Hwy 24 West to exit 423C/Minnesota Ave. (We are near this exit - just west of 5th Street) From the North on I-35: Take I-70 West to the Minnesota Avenue exit (exit 423C). Note: As you are passing thru downtown Kansas City Missouri, be sure to stay on I-70 West (it is also 24 West). 1 KAW POINT MR 340 Driving Directions Legend RR = RIVER RIGHT AS YOU FACE the same way the current flows ON THE MISSOURI RIVER (East) RL = RIVER LEFT AS YOU FACE the same way the current flows ON THE MISSOURI RIVER (East) RM = RIVER MILE from the Missouri River Navigational Charts BOLD LETTERING IN CAPS – CHECKPOINT TO CHECKPOINT DIRECTIONS Listen to Scott’s directions as to the responsibility of the support crew caption and then texting information to a number that Scott gives out at the safety meeting as to the time your paddler passes a checkpoint.. Locations between checkpoints you might want to view your paddler’s progress & re-supply them instead of re-supplying at the crowded checkpoints. o Ramp available for extra viewing or supplying but no directions given GPS – DD = Decimal Degrees (In my Dodge I have to add a 0 in front of all the longitudes) DMS = Degrees Minutes Seconds Time & Mileage – given so you have an approximate idea to get from place to place. MDC – Missouri Department of Conservation 2 CR – COUNTY ROAD KAW POINT TO HILTON GARDEN INN Driving directions from Kaw Point (39.115706, -94.610012) 39.09.39N, -94.36.55W to Hilton Garden Inn, location of the safety meeting, 520 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101 From Kaw Point the race start to Hilton Garden Inn. 1) Head west on River City Dr toward Fairfax Traffic way 433 ft 2) Turn left onto Fairfax Traffic way 0.5 Miles 3) Turn right at Armstrong Ave 0.1 miles 4) Continue straight onto Armstrong Ave 0.3 Miles 5) Turn right onto N 6th St 354 ft 6) Take the 1st right onto Minnesota Ave. Destination will be on the left. 3 The following directions are in several formats and arrangements. The GPS locations were taken from missouririvertrails.org. It is a terrific site and I thank them very much for this wonderful tool to map the route. It is up to you to read the routes and make a plan for your driving in consultation with your paddlers. Your first consideration should be which vehicle to drive. You want something you can handle easily on dark country roads but yet large enough to give you room to breathe, rearrange stuff and possibly sleep. The River Mileage is 340 from Kaw Point to St. Charles but you WILL be driving over 550 miles if you follow all along the way. You may prefer to drive directly checkpoint to checkpoint. Then again you may like seeing your paddler along the way at other sites that are less crowded and could also work as re- supply stops. Before the race do yourself a favor and have some idea of where you will be driving. Get a MO State Map from www.modot.mo.gov/. I cut the map up and taped it together so it made a long map going across the entire state of MO. Then I traced the river in bright blue marker and highlighted all the checkpoints. Lastly I highlighted in a different color the extra viewing places available that we might choose to use. Visit www.modot.mo.gov/ again close to race day and check for detours along the MR 340 route. Every year there is at least one major detour somewhere along the route. If you use a GPS or Googlemaps.com on your phone take the time BEFORE the race and enter the coordinates and mark each spot If you deviate from the given route to go to a Wal-Mart or a McDonalds you have to be able to figure out how to get back on track to arrive at the location to which you were headed. I can’t possibly list every driving direction that you may need or want. You have to have a map, a GPS, or availability to use googlemaps.com. Lastly, be sure to print out the directions that follow with a large enough font that a driver can read them while driving in strange territory. You can’t expect these directions to do much good if they are printed in size 2 font. Every direction to a major checkpoint from another checkpoint is on its own page in large caps & GREEN print. Bind the directions, staple them or put them in a note book so they aren’t flying loose in your vehicle. Every parking spot at every ramp or viewing spot is going to be needed. Please be considerate and only use parking spots for parking. Please do not use a parking spot for sitting in the shade of your vehicle, putting up a tent shade or other uses. Use parking spots only for parking a vehicle and find other bank space for tents & chairs. Many thanks! Don’t get stressed out. There will be plenty of people around to help you if you just ask. Buddy up with someone whose paddler seems to be going the same speed as your paddler. 4 CHECKPOINT #1 KAW POINT RACE START (39.115706, -94.610012) 39.09.39N, -94.36.55W DIRECTLY TO LEXINGTON, MO (39.195800, -93.884576) 39.08.11N, -94.03.48W VIA I 70 E RR RM 318 39.19478,-93.884482 55.8 mi, 1 hour 9 mins Open Noon Closed 5 P M TURN LEFT ONTO RIVER CITY DR 0.1 MI 1) TURN LEFT ONTO FAIRFAX TRAFFICWAY 423 FT 2) MERGE ONTO I 70 E/US 24 E VIA THE RAMP TO ST. LOUIS ENTERING MO 2.7MILES 3) TAKE THE EXIT ONTO I 70 E/US 40 E/US 71 S TOWARD ST. LOUIS/U. S. 71 S CONTINUE TO FOLLOW I 70 E 39.1 MILES 4) TAKE EXIT 41 FOR MISSOURI O / MISSOURI M TOWARD LEXINGTON/MAYVIEW 0.2 MI 5) TURN LEFT ONTO STATE HWY O/STATE HWY M CONTINUE TO FOLLOW STATE HWY O 9.2 MI 6) TURN RIGHT TO STAY ON STATE HWY O 1.2 MI 7) CONTINUE ONTO MO 13 N 0.9 MI 8) CONTINUE ONTO 13TH ST 1.6 MI 9) TURN LEFT ONTO MAIN ST 0.2 MI 10) TURN RIGHT ONTO N 10TH 0.4 MI 11) SLIGHT RIGHT TO STAY ON N 10TH ST 282 FT 12) SLIGHT LEFT. DESTINATION WILL BE ON THE RIGHT 0.3 MI 5 It will take your paddler 5 ½ plus hours to paddle from Kaw Point, the race start, to Lexington, MO, checkpoint #1. There are a lot of things to do along the way and a big variety of shopping. It is great fun to follow the paddlers along the way and cheer at locations other than checkpoints. By following your paddler it also helps get all the support teams spread out and not all landing at a checkpoint at the same time. It will only take the first paddlers of any start 20 - 25 minutes to reach Riverfront Ramp East. If you plan to go there leave Kaw Point before the canon fires or you will miss them. I prefer seeing the paddler’s fronts instead of their backs and they should be on the River in position long before the canon anyway giving you plenty of time to see them at Riverfront East. It is quite a site to see hundreds of boats coming down the Mighty MO! KAW POINT (39.115706, -94.610012) 39.09.39N, -94.36.55W TO RIVERFRONT PARK (39.137446, -94.542099) 39.06.56N, -94.36.36W RR RM 363.1 MDC 6.7 MILES 15 MINUTESThis is a great place to see your paddler & to “fix” any problem that might have come up the first 5 miles of the race. Maybe they tipped at the start and lost all their water, maybe their rudder needs adjusting, you certainly don’t want them to continue with a major problem like these or have to go back to Kaw Point to fix the problem, but you also don’t want them stopping unless there is a real emergency that can be fixed.