Reason # 5 - Rail-Trails

June 2, 2014 Gillum House Bed & Breakfast: This was supposed to be posted on June 1, but the Gillum House was a wonderful ZOO yesterday! Saturday we had 3 rooms occupied by APWA Wrestlers – Onyx, Mason Ryan, and Fantasia – and before breakfast was finished, the 3 gentlemen who were biking the North Bend Rail-Trail called to ask for pick-up. I fell asleep before I could finish the June 1 blog – I finished it now and hope you enjoy it. June 1, 2014 Gillum House Bed & Breakfast Shinnston: Wednesday, May 28, 3 gentlemen from Ohio stayed with us prior to riding the entire North Bend Rail-Trail. On their return today, they reported the trail is a beautiful trail. As it goes east it is rougher due to the distance from North Bend State Park where the short-staffed Park employees who are charged with the maintenance of the 72-mile rail-trail are located. But all three gentlemen said it was a great ride. #5 – Network of rail-trails –The West Fork River Rail-Trail is less than 50 feet from the Gillum House Bed & Breakfast. It is a 17-mile rail-trail between Shinnston and Fairmont, West Virginia. Traversing the City of Fairmont via City streets, one comes to the MCPARC Trail (one mile with a tunnel) to Prickett’s Fort, and then on to access the Mon-Trail Conservancy rail-trails that extend into Pennsylvania.South of Shinnston and west is the eastern trailhead for the North Bend Rail-Trail with the western trailhead just east of Parkersburg. The North Bend Rail-Trail has 13 tunnels. The Allegheny Highlands Trail starts in Elkins and goes to Hendricks, West Virginia. Information about all the rail-trails in West Virginia including a locator map are available through the West Virginia Division of Tourism (1-800-CALLWVA)