Western Virginia recommenation

[three_bags_full]

Monticello is pretty cool. The old part of the UVa campus, the Rotunda and the Lawn, are sweet.

I have always wanted to visit VMI. Never have. Bull Run battlefield is pretty neat, but you can probably do that from your new digs, which will probably be out in west Fairfax County if you hope to find anything affordable. My first cousin lives about a block from Chantilly HS and nothing there is cheap.

TBF, taking the Orange line to work every day. Pentagon?

I'll be working in Falls Church at the Defense Health Headquarters. My new gig will be on the Army Surgeon General's staff. And looking at housing prices, we may be farther west than Fairfax!!!

We're looking around Burke and Annandale, right now.

 

[three_bags_full]

I went to Tech and love Blacksburg but it's not much more than a college town, not a ton to do there in the summer.

Downtown Staunton has some pretty cool vibes, actually, and is right off 81. I second the idea of going up 29 from Lynchburg. There are a lot of wineries/breweries/outdoor activities in Nelson County. You can stop in Charlottesville on the way and 29 will take you up through Culpeper and Warrenton before you start to hit the fringes of the western D.C. suburbs.

Lynchburg sounds like it might be the sweet spot. Tomorrow night we'll stop in Greensboro to catch a game. Might head north and follow 29.

 

[justgladtobehere]

If you want to go to a brewery, Devil's Backbone is probably the most highly regarded. Never had it, but if people talk about a place in Nowheresville, VA it should be good. I think AB InBev bought it.

 

[Cosmo]

Lynchburg's downtown has grown considerably since I left eight years ago. I'll actually be heading there for a week on Sunday for our Amateur championship.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Here's the D-Day Memorial: The National D-Day Memorial

Free for Active Duty and families.

 

[dixiehack]

We're looking around … Annandale, right now.

Had a Frozen joke all ready to go, but the kingdom in the movie is Arendale.

 

[Woody Long]

Stop at Smiley's Truckstop BBQ in Raphine, Va. and pick up a sandwich and a Baptist sermon on CD... or just a sandwich.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Monticello is pretty cool. The old part of the UVa campus, the Rotunda and the Lawn, are sweet.

I have always wanted to visit VMI. Never have. Bull Run battlefield is pretty neat, but you can probably do that from your new digs, which will probably be out in west Fairfax County if you hope to find anything affordable. My first cousin lives about a block from Chantilly HS and nothing there is cheap.

TBF, taking the Orange line to work every day. Pentagon?

I used to walk drunk through the VMI campus at 1:00 am. Surprised I was never stopped. Not a lot to see, but they had a cool baseball field with a hill overlooking it. The parents would sit up there with red Solo cups. I think I saw one of the last baseball games Howard University played.

 

[Vombatus]

If you want to go to a brewery, Devil's Backbone is probably the most highly regarded. Never had it, but if people talk about a place in Nowheresville, VA it should be good. I think AB InBev bought it.

HEY!

Depends - the original DB is at the bottom of Wintergreen's mountain, just slightly off of Route 151.

Then continue north on 151 to the Blue Mountain Brewery, which is below Afton mountain. Their signature IPA is called Full Nelson. Another good one is the Kolsch 151. Good restaurant there too.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Also, if you drive over to Lynchburg from 81, make sure your brakes are good. I used to be a passenger in a car driven by a guy who didn't understand you don't drive hard into curves, you drive hard out of them.

 

[dixiehack]

If you have enough flexibility, you could detour through the real West By God, then cut over on I-64. Either go rafting or check out the freshly-promoted New River Gorge National Park.

 

[Batman]

Here's the D-Day Memorial: The National D-Day Memorial

Free for Active Duty and families.

Didn't they lose more people (or a higher percentage of their population) than any other town during the invasion?