83.22 km 273040.22 feet 51.71 mi 18998.00 seconds 316.63 minutes 5.28 hours 9.80 mi/hr
Rode the New River Trail. It's a former Norfolk Southern railbed from Pulaski to Galax and Fries. We rode the longer section from Galax to Pulaski. The line to Fries is only five miles long, so we didn't ride any portion of it. We (David Boynton and I) rode nearly 52 miles. The intrepid bicyclists before setting out:
The first tunnel is along the Chestnut River. You can see that Dave is swallowed up by the tunnel entrance:
It appears as if the tunnel continues on forever in the pitch-black. However, before you run out of light from the entrance, the tunnel curves enough to let you see the exit:
I really like this picture of Dave riding out of the tunnel:
Dave took a picture of me exiting the tunnel:
We took a break at Fries Junction:
You can get a sense of how pretty the trail is from this picture:
The second tunnel, along the New River:
It started to rain after that, and I had to stop taking pictures. The ride was downhill to the point where it left the New River to connect to the north-south line through Pulaski. All in all a very pleasant, but tiring ride.
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