Wild Wonderful
West Virginia is famous for being “Wild and Wonderful” particularly in the New River Gorge area. Come for a long weekend here and you will go back home refreshed and aware of how beautiful this part of the USA can be!
Start off with a trip to the New River Gorge Bridge visitors center and hike the overlook…looking up at an engineering marvel. Get here from Highway 19 just north of Fayetteville, WV.
There’s a bridge at the bottom of the gorge too! That’s how high up the famous bridge is over the gorge…be sure to drive the route down to the bottom and cross that old bridge.
Stop at Fayette Station in the (new) New River Gorge National River park and look back up at the bridge while listening to the rapid flowing river over the rocks and boulders…making this river one of the best white water rafting rivers in the US and maybe the world! In this area are the Gauley and New River that converge as they roar through the mountains and valleys of WV. Each of these two rivers offers an “upper and lower” section of rapids to carry adventurous people on thrilling wet rides before they merge creating a tamer Kanawha River.
My trip this weekend was on the Upper New River as it is the tamest and family oriented river due to my 9 and 10 year old grandsons were with us. There are still 3 class III rapids to negotiate, making it very exciting, especially if you choose to kayak it on the rubber duckies as we did.
For another great day in the area, spend it in the Ace Adventures Resort water park! Massive rubber obstacles await you all throughout the water park! It was one of the best isometric workouts I have had in a long time, trying to keep my balance while climbing, sliding and crawing along the paths trying to keep up with the young ones of the family…
You can even Zip through the air above the water, only to splash down before running out of cable! Awesome ride!
The most aggressive BLOB in the park sent many participants sailing high above as they were shot off the rubber by fellow jumpers!
This area is suitable for all ages, but being “young at heart” is a must and being somewhat mobile for sure!
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