One of the newer adventures on the Gorge is walking the catwalk under the New River Gorge Bridge.  It stretches the full length of the structure and is about 20 feet below the roadbed.

That still puts it about 850 feet above the river.  You wear a safety harness during the walk.  Pretty cool to see the steel and hear the construction history of this engineering marvel.   The structure moves a bit with traffic rumbling overhead.

We shared the steel with a family of Peregrine Falcons.  At least 3 fledglings and 1 adult were hanging around.  One fledgling was still hanging out in the nest planted firmly within an opening in a steel beam.  According to our guide they were introduced to the site and have eliminated a developing pigeon and swallow population problem.

Far below, the New River beckons us to return.