Capital Bike Trail, Williamsburg, VA

Tom and I had been talking about riding the Capital Trail between Williamsburg, Va and Richmond, VA - 52 miles of paved dedicated bike trail.  On Veteran's day, we finally made it!  Here we are at the start in Williamsburg.

We agreed to try to make it to the Herring Creek Trailhead at mile 27 and then explore the nearby plantation if we had the legs.

We crossed the Chickahominy River between miles 5 and 6.  The picture does not do it justice!  I would like to paddle around these pristine waters.

 Here's the view of the trail around mile 18, before we got to the Charles City Courthouse; it's a beautiful bike trail!

 The last third of the trial had more rolling hills, and we became more and more silent as we ran out of steam.  But we persevered and made it to the Herring Creek Trailhead.  We did explore the Berkeley Plantation, were harassed by "nurse ratchet",  followed the farm path to see the water near Harrison's Point and then made our way back to the car.  We had a delicious celebratory lunch at the Amer Ox in Williamsburg (highly recommended) and then made our way home. What a great ride; what a great day! 

Peace.