Last week I spent a lot of time bicycling the New River Trail. There's a lot of history along that trail. Some of the things I found out fascinated me.                          Here's an old train trestle I pedaled across the river                    The river is beautiful                                   Here's my cycling buddy Ronnie goofing off at the mouth of a train tunnel.                                                                                                    This is a memorial to the Austin family who owned the lead mines and who later help settle Texas                                                                                                                                                               With the lead mines came this engineering materpiece. It amazes me how smart people were back then                                                  Here's a shot of the Shot Tower. I wanted to go up in it but it was closed for the season.                                                                                                                                                           Another shot of the Shot Tower                                                   This is US52 crossing the river at the former site of Jackson's Ferry, I remember reading about Jackson's Ferry about in history class.                            This is the old Train Staion and hotel at Foster Falls, a major train station back in the day.                         I cant tell you how many times I've come through here on my motorcycle and I didnt know any of this existed. Other than the obvious physical exercise, this is what I love about bicycling. Ernest Hemmingway said in order to get the true lay of the land you must ride a bycycle. No truer words were ever spoken.

Great pictures man, and you are looking nice and healthy!  Cheers!