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  2nd day - Brooklyn - Southside Junction Trail, West VA (6 miles long, below the Rend Trail) Not this was a super easy ride, unlike the rails to trails rides here in Virginia ...now I guess it truly depends on what you are hoping for ...I don't mind some bumps ...but these trails in West VA are nuts. So bumpy and rough. I ached for days. Look at that switch for the train ... it could be moved ... said "Bethlehem" which was a nickname I had as a kid, I didn't make it so ... others for some reason called me that? No clue why? lol!! We had never been down trails that we can recall that actually have the rails left. Now some of the railroad ties but not the melt parts and so on. SO DIFFERENT. Have you had a chance to see this in person, the railroad trails before? Thank you for stopping by. Hope you are well. Take Care. Beth ( ; 

  Rend Trail, West VA ( "Thurmond" view - 2 miles) first day of biking W.P. "Paddy" Rend, a determined coal operator, financed the construction of this to his mines at Rend (renamed Minden after 1905). Started in 1901, 4.83 miles, 5 trestles, and $350,000 later this line was completed in 1904. Soon after completion Paddy Rend sold the rail line to the C & O Railway and his coal rights to another mine operator for $1,250,000.  Construction of this line was anything but easy, Blasting rock necessary to widen the roadbase for the railroad line. Look drill marks as you cross some of the trestles. Last train in 1968 - a few years before the rocks separated from the hillside. today this trail serves in transportation corridor for determined hikers, bikers, and wildlife. Plants narrow the trail and gravity will always be in... (Please realize the sign was kind of curved so some of the words are not there, hope this make sense to you, if not maybe add a word or 2 to ma...

  Stone Cliff Trail - 2.7 miles  This was the 3rd bike trail we rode in West VA and let me tell you they are rough and make you bones and body ache!!! We did 3 different trails and 3 different days ...This was the most difficult or one which had us both going OUCH! It was fun but messed up my hubs bike ...he is working on it ... bringing it back to health asap, so we can ride again soon. Hope you are well. Take Care and enjoy the day. Beth ( ; 

  Thomas Burford Pugh Memorial Bridge Stone Cliff Bridge, route 25 Tunney Hunsaker Bridge, Fayette Station Road, New River Gorge We met the nicest couple on this Tunny bridge, from Georgia ...so friendly and we chatted for a good long while we were there. So fun. I really enjoy meeting like minded folks who just wanna see what you are up on your travels. Just a blast!! Fun times!! Hope you are enjoying these views from a trip we took in late August 2024. Thanks for stopping in ... hope you are well. Take Care. Beth ( ;