The West Fork Rail Trail, created about 20 years ago from an abandoned CSX line, is a moderate hike of about 25 miles (or bicycle ride or cross-country ski jaunt) that partly runs parallel to the West Fork of the Greenbrier River. De Hart recommends the trail because it offers spectacular scenery by traversing forests, pastureland, rock slopes and wildlife areas, including beaver ponds. The West Fork Rail Trail and the 300-mile Allegheny Trail pass through the town of Durbin, which is on U.S. 250, less than 10 miles from the Virginia line. Within a few miles of Durbin, the southern terminus of the hike, is a stretch that has fishing pools, wildflower meadows and rock formations. ...more

July 13, 2008

James Brothers is taking the road less traveled this Thanksgiving, trading airplane seats for coach class on a train. Or maybe he'll get a sleeper car. Or just lounge in the dining car and watch the spectacular scenery go by. ...more

November 21, 2007

TAMPA - With highways jammed and airline ticket counters greeting seemingly endless lines, James Brothers is taking the road less traveled this holiday. ...more

November 20, 2007