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FREE jUST FOR
FUN!
Virginia
Guide to weekend escapes
by two past presidents of the Society of
American Travel Writers*
Don't tell your kids they're going to learn about history and America
(even though they will). Don't try to rush from attraction to
attraction, destination to destination (no "boss" is around to clock you!).
You're on vacation.
Download and print your personal
"playbook" with just the chapters you want -
just for fun!
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CLICK HERE
For an animated map from Virginia Tourism showing all of the Virginia Vacation
Areas. Don't forget to come back!
Now, ladies and gentlemen and kids -
start "clicking" for a visit to Virginia -
just for fun!
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JAMESTOWN 2007
The travel event of the year,
commemorating 400 years of America's freedoms with great events and new
attractions
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| NORTHERN
VIRGINIA
Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Civil War battlefields
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HAMPTON ROADS
Colonial Williamsburg,
Virginia Beach, Busch Gardens, Jamestown Settlement, Virginia Air &
Space Center - and we're just starting! |
| CENTRAL
VIRGINIA
Richmond - the State Capital, Virginia Fine Arts
Center, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Appomattox
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SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Lexington, Natural Bridge, Luray Caverns, Blue Ridge Parkway and many
beautiful drives, Roanoke, Woodrow Wilson's birthplace |
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BLUE RIDGE
HIGHLANDS Abingdon, The Virginia Creeper
Trail, and the Barter Theatre where "ham" doesn't apply to the acting
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HEART OF APPALACHIA
Breaks
Interstate Park, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Natural Tunnel
State Park
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| EASTERN
SHORE Chincoteague Island and the
world-famous wild ponies, Kerr Place and Tangier Island (featured in a
Patricia Cornwell thriller) |
CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION
Indian reservations, George Washington Birthplace Monument, Lee's
boyhood home
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* All material copyright 2006 Jane Ockershausen.
Additional reporting by Hal Gieseking
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