Your son would enjoy it Ryan! The bridge is spectacular of course, but is only a 7-mile round trip from Farmville. The rest of the 31-mile trail is only moderately interesting, since it does not follow a river like most rail trails do. But, being new to that kind of thing, he won't care. The trail surface is excellent and I prefer it to asphalt. However, there's not a lot of tree cover like the C&O, etc., so fall temps would be easier for him. Not much water providing on the outer limits, so stay hydrated.
They need to extend it both ways a few miles to take it right into Pamplin (western end) and Burkeville (eastern end) and hopefully that will happen someday. Other attractions nearby are Appomattox Court House and Sailor's Creek Battlefield Park near Rice, Va., if he's into Civil War history. Send a picture when you get the Sam built! P. Paul Germain www.GermainArt.com [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Thompson <[email protected]> To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 12:19 am Subject: [RBW] Re: mid-Virginia overnighter Looks great Paul. I've always wanted to ride the High Bridge Trail. Maybe after I finish building up the Sam you sold me my son and will drive down from DC and check it out. Ryan On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 10:19:21 PM UTC-4, Bikie#4646 wrote: On August 29-30, 2015, I did this solo overnighter using a modified version of Meade Anderson's "Lee's Retreat" ride, along the lightly-used Civil War motor route. The new 55cm black & cream Sam Hillborne tourer with a new front HAR performed in an exemplarily fashion! I left Farmville, Va. Saturday morning headed to the High Bridge : http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/high-bridge-trail.shtml#general_information Then, I was headed west to Holliday Lake State Park, near Appomattox Court House Historic Park. 40 miles, total for Day One. One gravel section for the day. Overnighting there, I woke early, visited the lake briefly for morning light, had breakfast and headed toward Appomattox Court House Park on gravel roads (and one stream ford) where I turned back south east and Pamplin City, a "ghost town", the western end of the High Bridge Rail Trail 20 miles to my van at Farmville. Total: 45 miles for Day Two. Total mileage was 85 miles, plus about 6 miles for goofing around the park and a couple side trips for sightseeing. With temps between the low 60's and mid-80's and no chance for rain, who could ask for more in August in Virginia? This area is very pretty, low traffic and quickly becoming one of my favorites within striking distance from Richmond , Va . I can recommend the area for anyone within 100 miles of Farmville or Appomattox. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/albums/72157657564404759 Paul Germain Midlothian, Va. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/JfzJFWDeakk/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
