A Walk on the Wildside!

July 26, 2018

New River Gorge Bridgewalk

This morning we headed over to the New River Gorge National Park. It is just gorgeous! We went out on the Bridgewalk over the Gorge. It was so cool! Ashley was our guide. She was super sweet and gave us neat information and tips for the area. Ashley was easy to hang out for our walk and helped us to have a really great day. 

The walk wasn't at all scary. We were tethered to a wire attached to bolts on the bridge. We were 851 feet up but the bridge is 876 feet tall. We could feel the cars going over us above. It was pretty cool. I won't lie, it did make me think a couple of times about what would happen if the bridge collapsed but YOLO! You can see a graphic below of how the bridge compares to the height of some other well known, tall buildings/bridges. Pretty cool to think we were walking up there. The only other bridge that has a similar walk in the world is Sydney, Australia. We may have to add that to our bucket list after we finish our "Discover America, 50 State Tour" and of course Ireland (my bucket list dream!).

While we were on the bridge we could see whitewater rafters and kayakers enjoying some fun on the New. We learned interesting facts about the bridge and also about Bridge Day. I would so love to return for Bridge Day. They have people that parachute from the bridge and all kinds of activities. It sounds amAzing! It is always the 3rd Saturday in October. 

Once we finished up on our bridgewalk, we headed to lunch at one of Ashley's recommendations, the Secret Sandwich Society. Wow! Their food was DELICIOUS! Their homemade french onion dip was so good that we had to purchase some to take home with us. The little said the ketchup tasted homemade as well and was super yummy.  How can you co wrong with fresh and homemade? You can't! The secret is definitely out...this place is great! #ShareYourSecret

After lunch we headed off for one of Ashley's other recommendations, the New River Gorge Scenic Drive. It was SO pretty to see the bridge, falls and scenery from a different perspective. I definitely recommend doing both the bridge and driving tour. 

We had a great day visiting such a wonderful place that we just happened to stumble upon by staying at the treehouse. We will definitely have to return to take in some of the other adventures that they have here. Well worth the trip!

The New River Bridge

The view before we started. We went across that silver bridge and through a locked gate to start our tour.

The area we walked was in the darkened area in the middle.

Getting started :)

No fear here! Adventure Girls!

One view just opened up into another. So pretty!

The beam is about 2' wide and very sturdy.

We took a little time just to sit, relax and to take in the view below. Ashley took pictures for us.

Adventure Girls

You can see we were thethered to the bridge at all times and our phones had to be attached to us as well.

Dangling 851' above the gorge. We sat for a while and chilled or chatted with Ashley.

Relaxing spot!

We love adventure!

Look closely and you can see the whitewater rafters below!

Adventure Girls with our awesome guide!

We did it!

View along our scenic drive.

I wanted to go rafting but the little didn't want to this trip. Here you can see one of the rafters taking a swim before having to get back in to go through the next rapid.

Old wooden bridge and a view of the New River Bridge and Gorge.

The New River is about 360 miles long and flows from North Carolina to West Virginia. It is unique in the fact that it flows south to north. Cool!

Relaxing!