# East Coast Dopers HELP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826 "2000-08-02T08:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/1 "2000-08-02T08:36:40Z")
On Friday I start a four day weekend! YAY! I have convinced my BF to take a couple days off of work and take me away. We have talked about going to Williamsburg, but I have already been there. I have lived in VA for about 3 years and have not seen much of the east coast. (I grew up in CO.) So, I am looking for some suggestions of places we could go spend a couple of days. Something within 4-5 hours of Northern VA would be perfect. Please someone help me! ~~Jenn ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/2 "2000-08-02T08:38:06Z")
I think I just posted this in the wrong spot, if I did please feel free to move it. Thanks ~~Jenn ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/3 "2000-08-02T09:39:04Z")
You can’t get far on the East Coast in four to five hours. I would have suggested Charleston, but that is probably a 9 to 10 hour drive for you. The Outer Banks of NC are extremely nice, plenty to do, lots of historical sites, and probably lots of tourists, but it’s worth the trip. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/4 "2000-08-02T09:45:06Z")
Kitty Hawk, the light houses, fishing, beaches… I too recommend the Outer Banks. ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/5 "2000-08-02T10:53:35Z")
Thank Ultress and ChiefScott! I will have to mention the Outer Banks to my BF. As soon as I take a full vacation, where I don’t fly home to visit the family in CO, I will be able to go places that are further away, like Charleston. I would love more suggestions. I think giving the BF plenty of choices will help my chances of getting somewhere I haven’t been. ---
**Author:** ![ponch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@ponch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponch)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/6 "2000-08-02T11:02:41Z")
you can go to the mountains of West Virginia…beautiful country. From northern VA, the eastern shore of MD or Delaware beaches are beautiful. WHen I lived there, I would look at the map, pick a small town at the tip of a penninsual and head there. You ususally found charming little towns, anriquing and great B and B’s. ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/7 "2000-08-02T11:23:33Z")
Ponch: > [@](#): > > WHen I lived there, I would look at the map, pick a small town at the tip of a penninsual and head there. Ohh, that sounds neat. Both of us are very adventurous! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/8 "2000-08-02T12:11:04Z")
Geez, don’t have to leave Virginia for sightseeing… Luray Caverns…Natural Bridge…Skyline Drive…Jamestown…Mount Vernon…Monticello…There’s a few days’ worth of stuff to do in Richmond even though I never both doing any of it. Edgar Allan Poe museum…Virginia Museum…Science Museum…Valentine House…Canal Walk…Maymont Park… ---
**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/9 "2000-08-02T13:27:43Z")
If you decide on the Outer Banks, e-mail me. My sister works for a realty company that handles vacation rentals there. I’ll give you her 800 number. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/10 "2000-08-02T16:40:08Z")
Asseteague Islad…god I know I spelled that wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Shaky\_Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Shaky\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaky_Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-coast-dopers-help/27826/11 "2000-08-02T16:47:45Z")
Depends on what you like, and just how far you’ll stretch the drive. NYC is an adult playground - lots of great things to see and do, second only to Boston (does my parochialism show?), but decidedly not the fun-in-the-sun type getaway, and lodging can be pricey. I second (third?) the Outer Banks idea, if you like the beach/ocean thing. Kitty Hawk is a great spot - good beaching…sunset on Jockey Ridge…try your hand at hang gliding on the dunes, windsurfing in the sound… Mtns of WV also a good idea. Whitewater rafting may be a possibility (New River and the Gaulley), although I’ve only done it in the fall when they dam-release water - don’t know what the water level is like there now, although we’ve had a lot of rain last few weeks in NC. It may be worth a call to one of the many rafting outfits. Have fun Shaky Jake