Twenty miles south of the dead center of Virginia is Farmville, population slightly over 8,000. Its quaint downtown is dominated by the Green Front Furniture company and Longwood College, when, in session, adds another 5,000 to the population. Both times we’ve been here, school has been out, so it has been very quiet.
We’ve ridden the High Bridge Trail twice in the past month, which is surprising since it’s three hours from our home, but it fell along the route of our travels both times. The trail is 31 miles long, with its eponymous bridge spanning 2,400 feet in length and 125 feet above the Appomattox River, making it the longest recreational bridge in Virginia and among the longest in America. (Well, there you go!)
