New River Trail State Park

We took the bikes and rode part of the 52 mile trail. Along the way we passed through a train tunnel and over several trussles. One was very high over the river. We know the river has very large fish because someone had thrown a few car tires in the river.  Swimming around those tires was a Carp that was as long as the tires were in diameter and several trout almost that large. After 6.5 miles we stopped for lunch and returned to the starting point.  So 13 miles later and with some very numb posteriors we were back at the truck. Neither of us had ridden bikes more than a couple of miles in one “sitting” in a while. It may be something we need to take our time on.

​The trail is from the “Rails to Trails” program.  Virginia did a great job in converting the old railway to a trail for use by horses, bikes, joggers and hiking. The trail is almost flat or as flat as possible with a smooth packed earth surface. Along the way there are several locations to enter or exit the trail, picnic tables, and bathrooms. Each stop has rails to tie up horses and bike racks.  We had a great time.