Bridge over the New River at Hiwassee Virginia

“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”

– William Feather
An old Train Trestle converted into a pedestrian bridge forcyclists and walkers.  This spans the New Riverat Hiwassee, Virginia and is part of The New River Trail State Park.This State Park spans 57.7 miles from Pulaski, Virginia to Galax, Virginia.
Print Available - HERE 

Whitt-Riverbend Park - Giles County, Virginia

“The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us. Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and tremendous storm song of the rocks in the heart of the mountains is our song, our very own, and sings our love.” 

 ― John Muir

Print Available - HERE 

Jim and I visited the Whitt-Riverbend Park in Pearisburg/Ripplemead  

A Great park with Beautiful Views!

 

Summer Reflections on the New River

I question not if thrushes sing, 

If roses load the air; 

Beyond my heart I need not reach 

When all is summer there. 

~ John Vance Cheney

Castle Rock - Pembroke Virginia

Make your optimism come true. 

~ Author Unknown

Print Available - HERE 

Summer On The New River

I was made for Sunny Days 

~ Unknown

Summer on the New River - Narrows, Virginia

Giles County

This print is available - HERE 

The New River Bridge at Pembroke

The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 1915-1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia, it combines seven spans, six of which are carried by metal trusses of four different varieties. The bridge demonstrates the persistence of at least three early technological solutions generally abandoned by the turn of the century: nonriveted field constructions, the use of all pin connections (on the three main spans), and the incorporation of hand-forged welds and wrought iron for various structural members. Within the state, it contains the greatest number and variety of truss types for a given automotive crossing. Additionally, Virginia's longest Pennsylvania Petit through truss is found here, being the last of three bridges of this type to survive. Two other rare statewide features are metal column piers and a Pratt deck truss, the last of two to survive. The New River Bridge is nestled against Castle Rock, one of the most scenic natural formations in the region. The juxtaposition of technological and natural landmarks makes for a unique site. 

 Source: Library of Congress

Print Available - HERE 

Old Pembroke Bridge

Old Pembroke Bridge - Pembroke, Virginia

Giles County

Also known as New River Bridge

Info from the Library of Congress:

  The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 1915-1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia, it combines seven spans, six of which are carried by metal trusses of four different varieties. The bridge demonstrates the persistence of at least three early technological solutions generally abandoned by the turn of the century: nonriveted field constructions, the use of all pin connections (on the three main spans), and the incorporation of hand-forged welds and wrought iron for various structural members. Within the state, it contains the greatest number and variety of truss types for a given automotive crossing. Additionally, Virginia's longest Pennsylvania Petit through truss is found here, being the last of three bridges of this type to survive. Two other rare statewide features are metal column piers and a Pratt deck truss, the last of two to survive. The New River Bridge is nestled against Castle Rock, one of the most scenic natural formations in the region. The juxtaposition of technological and natural landmarks makes for a unique site.

Available - HERE 

A Gull and His Shadow

Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows.

~Rumi

I was pleased to have captured the shadow of the gull's head and beak in his open wing. Do you see the shadow? Image made at Bisset Park, Radford Virginia as the gull landed on the New River.

Another of my favorite gull images - HERE 

Along The Bank

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters. 

~ William Butler Yeats

Let Kindness Flow Like a River

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. 

- John Wesley 

 The New River - Bisset Park Radford, Virginia

Hummingbird and a River Reflection

Hummingbird at the Feeder

I could sit and watch them for hours, flitting around my deck
and backyard.

The New River at Bisset Park.

Rest and be thankful.

~ William Wordsworth

Fog on the New River

In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties! 

― Mehmet Murat ildan

Peeking Through the Trees

These two shots are from Pandapas..... seems like I'm always taking a shot through the trees or with a limb hanging in front. Oh well.........

This one taken through the trees on the New River

A Different Perspective

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective. 

~ Denis Waitley

New River at Bisset Park

 The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale. 
~ Cornelia L. Tuthill  

Autumn is the season of change. 

~ Taoist proverb 

 The New River and its Fall Colors. I was standing IN the river when I took this picture. It was very low and I was really just standing on wet rocks..... but it was VERY slippery.

The New River....... not so new

I found this info from the FONR (Friends of the New River) website and thought it very interesting.

Despite its name, there is nothing new about the New River. In fact, the river is the oldest in the United States and second-oldest in the world. “I’ve heard dates of anything from 10 million to 360 million years," says FONR board member Lynn Sharp of the Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History. "I usually just say it’s ancient.” The New River has its origins in northwestern North Carolina, near the towns of Boone and Blowing Rock. By the time it merges with the Gauley River in West Virginia near Charleston to form the Kanawha, it has flowed north through parts of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 1998 the New River was designated as one of fourteen American Heritage Rivers.

 

Fishing the New River

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. 

 ~ John Buchan