What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than to haul our bikes five hours to North Carolina to explore one of the state’s most scenic trails? (Well, that, riding the American Tobacco Trail, and watching the fireworks at the Durham Bulls Athletic Field made it worth the drive.)
We were excited to explore the American Tobacco Trail, formerly the New Hope Valley Railroad, that runs through North Carolina’s Durham and Chatham counties. It sounded historic and romantic, and we anticipated cycling past old fashioned general stores with carved Indian statues and former tobacco farms and barns.
Not quite.
