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EXPERIENCES

SMALL-TOWN GETAWAY

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TIM COX

DAY 1

1. Hulls'Drive Inn, Lexington
2. Dude's Drive-in, Christiansburg
3. Blue Ridge Folklife Festival
4. Horne's Restaurant & Gift Shop,
Port Royal

OLD SCHOOL
Feast your sights on small towns
with general stores, old-time soda
fountains and cozy theaters. We
even have some classic drive-ins,
where you'll love to put the top
down - or pile the kids in the
back of the mini-van.
Sample Wright's Dairy Rite,
open since 1952, in Staunton. SV
Eat at Dixie Restaurant,
Petersburg. CN
Cruise into Fenderz,
Collinsville. SO
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OLD-TIME GENERAL
STORES
The Blue Ridge town with just
one stoplight, Floyd, features
the Floyd Country Store with
its Friday night jamboree plus
a sprawling shop specializing in
candy and clothes. BR

Set up camp at the Virginia Beach
KOA campground in a tent, an
RV or one of their deluxe cabins.
Enjoy swimming in one of two
pools, get a hole-in-one playing
mini golf or load the car up and
head toward the Atlantic Ocean
-Virginia Beach, to catch a few
waves. While at the beach rent a
bicycle-surry and peddle the threemile boardwalk or try your hand at
fishing on the Fishing Pier on 14th
Street.
DAY 2
Head west to Nauticus in Norfolk
and tour the Battleship Wisconsin a
battleship that served in both World
War II and the Korean War. Fill
your tank at Doumar's Barbeque,

Sugar Tree Country Store at
McDowell sells maple syrup made
at its own sugarhouse. SV
Red Hill General Store features
garden items and old-fashioned
birch beer sodas, near Hillsville.
BR

Open since the early 1950s,
Darden's Country Store
specializes in country hams,
hanging on display, at Smithfield.
CV

Shop for whatever you need at
Watson's Hardware then taste the
treats at Brown Dog Ice Cream in
Cape Charles. CVES
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OLD-TIME THEATERS
See the nationally syndicated PBS
program "Song of the Mountains"
at Marion's Lincoln Theatre, built
in 1929 and one of only three

established in 1904, where you can
dine-in, curb-side or take-out. Don't
forget to order a limeade and one
of their famous handmade waffle
cones.
BONUS DAY
Take a drive to Scotland Wharf in
Surry County, relax and enjoy the
15 minute ride on the Jamestown
Ferry across the James River. The
ferry is toll free and operates 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Enjoy the afternoon hours at
Buckroe Beach, where you can enjoy
splashing in the water, climbing on
the playground or renting a kayak.
On the way back toward the beach
grab a bite at Smitty's Better Burger
in Hampton. Smitty's car hops have
been serving customers since 1956
and have become a Hampton
landmark.

remaining Mayan Revival movie
houses in America. BR
South Hill boasts the newly
refurbished Colonial Theatre, a
thriving center for performing
arts, originally built in 1925. SO
Dating to 1950, Roseland
Theatre of Onancock features
first-run films plus international
movies. CVES
In Lynchburg, a campaign is
currently underway to restore the
1905 Academy of Music Theatre,
the last remaining Beaux-Arts
style theater in Virginia. CN

EXPLORE MORE
* Want to find a drive-in in
towns like Abingdon, Goochland,
Lexington and Christiansburg?
Visit virginia.org/DriveIns
* Small towns all over the state
have great recreation tied to
rivers. See them here: virginia.
org/rivers `

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