I told you last week about our camping experience at New River Trail State Park. If you missed it you can read about it here. But since the park is so vast I thought our biking experience should have it's own post. Foster Falls is almost right in the middle of the 57 mile long park. So we actually took a couple days to spread out the biking. We in no way covered all of the park, in fact not even close. So I can only show you a few miles of what the park offers.
Our first day we headed North to Lone Ash. Along the way we saw a deserted house, caves, a cemetery, cabins and plenty of scenic river front.
In Lone Ash there is a vault bathroom and picnic area.
After day one we turned around and headed back to camp. It wasn't until day two we realized by back break was rubbing which resulted in the baby feeling like a lead weight the entire trip! Day two was MUCH smoother!
Day two we went North...and interesting fact: The New River is one of the very few rivers that runs North, not South. This time we went as far North as Ivanhoe. We again passed bathrooms and picnic areas.
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| Heading over the New River at Ivanhoe |
While out on this trip we passed through one of the old train tunnels on the trail. While in there it started raining buckets! But we figured we lucked out since we were dry inside the tunnel. The ride back was a messy one!
Going North on the trail from Foster Falls you pass behind Shot Tower State Park. You can dismount and check out the park and it's gorgeous views.
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| See what I mean about messy! |
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| View from Shot Tower State Park |
It was a great experience and I would go back in a heartbeat. I know that there is so much more of the park to see and explore.
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