The New River Gorge Bridge
During our Anniversary weekend back in May the hubby and I decided to do something different. We have seen the New River Gorge Bridge from many different angles, thanks to the trails and various accessible overlooks in the general area of the bridge. But we had learned about a new opportunity to see it as never before.
We headed over to the HQ for a company called Bridge Walk and got ready for "the walk of a lifetime". After a brief safety run through and a quick slip in to the safety gear, we were loaded onto a small bus to head over to the trail head of the Bridge Walk tour.
Everyone got strapped onto a zip line of sorts as we filed onto the narrow catwalk to begin the tour. The picture below is a portion of our small tour group which consisted of about 6 people and two guides. The tour took about two hours from one side of the bridge to the other, not because that's how long it takes to walk straight across, but because it's time allotted for shutterbugs like myself who want to snap off about 600 pictures as we made our way across.
I think the primary tour guide was supposed to give a prepared tour speech at various points across the catwalk, but he was kind of laid back and just answered questions those of us in the group asked, allowing more time for us to take in the beauty around us in silence, when we preferred to do so.
Here is a good shot I snagged as we made our way towards bridge center. As you can see we were pretty high up. For those of you who have actually driven across this bridge on US-19 in West Virginia you know it's a loooooong way to the bottom.
Along with watching whitewater rafters and kayakers on the river rapids below, we also got to spot a few of natures creatures. For instance, this Peregrine Falcon that hung around brooding over the fact that his baby mama wasn't letting him in the home they had made in one of the cross beams. Mama was protecting her baby, who was screeching away below us.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip across the New River Gorge Bridge and would highly recommend it to anyone not afraid of heights and looking for a new view of the Gorge. It was pretty much awesome. We are actually considering going back in the fall when the colors are in full transition.
We headed over to the HQ for a company called Bridge Walk and got ready for "the walk of a lifetime". After a brief safety run through and a quick slip in to the safety gear, we were loaded onto a small bus to head over to the trail head of the Bridge Walk tour.
This is where we started.
Everyone got strapped onto a zip line of sorts as we filed onto the narrow catwalk to begin the tour. The picture below is a portion of our small tour group which consisted of about 6 people and two guides. The tour took about two hours from one side of the bridge to the other, not because that's how long it takes to walk straight across, but because it's time allotted for shutterbugs like myself who want to snap off about 600 pictures as we made our way across.
I think the primary tour guide was supposed to give a prepared tour speech at various points across the catwalk, but he was kind of laid back and just answered questions those of us in the group asked, allowing more time for us to take in the beauty around us in silence, when we preferred to do so.
Here is a good shot I snagged as we made our way towards bridge center. As you can see we were pretty high up. For those of you who have actually driven across this bridge on US-19 in West Virginia you know it's a loooooong way to the bottom.
Along with watching whitewater rafters and kayakers on the river rapids below, we also got to spot a few of natures creatures. For instance, this Peregrine Falcon that hung around brooding over the fact that his baby mama wasn't letting him in the home they had made in one of the cross beams. Mama was protecting her baby, who was screeching away below us.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip across the New River Gorge Bridge and would highly recommend it to anyone not afraid of heights and looking for a new view of the Gorge. It was pretty much awesome. We are actually considering going back in the fall when the colors are in full transition.
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