2015 Jim Schmid bicycles Rail-Trail Hall of Fame 45-mile W&OD Rail-Trail – VA

rail-trail hall of fame logoThe ninth member of the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame – W&OD Rail-Trail.

Link to trail sign photos taken by Jim Schmid while biking the W&OD Rail-Trail in 2015.

Sandra and I had bicycled the W&OD Rail-Trail the first time in 2000 when in town for a conference. Then we biked it again in 2002 when we lived in Maryland and I was working with Christopher Douwes at the Federal Highway Administration. We biked to the Metro in Maryland, rolled our bikes on,  and rode with bikes over to Virginia. Bicycled out to Purcellville, VA and stayed in a B&B and biked back the next day. Was a great weekend of public transportation and bicycling. I thought I had taken pictures of the trip but couldn’t find any.

So… needed to get back up there and bicycle the trail again. Got there in 2015 between rain storms. Bicycled two days to get it all in. Beautiful trail, really liked the small towns it went through. The full name is Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.

Map-of-W&OD-Trail-VA-10-6&7-2015