re: Virginia Beach, Virginia vacation

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Being near a Navy base, there are bound to be plenty of trashy strip clubs, payday loan joints, and low, low, priced autos around!

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Well, that's completely wrong. That area is huge, and Virginia Beach is not near Norfolk Naval Base. Oceana Air Station is in Virginia Beach, but that just means you will see the jets taking off over the beach. Seals are over there also, but you will never see them.

There is a lot of touristy stuff like souvenir shops there like any other destination, but they do have free beach concerts certain nights near the Hilton where the Neptune statue is.

If you're wanting to do more than just go to the beach you will be near Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown, and Langley Air Force Base where the astronauts started at. A harbor tour is pretty cool if you've never been up close to Aircraft Carriers. If you've never driven over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, I highly recommend that. I lived outside Norfolk for 11 years and the best thing about Virginia is the history up there.

As far as food goes, I would recommend the Rockfish, flounder, crab cakes, and scallops in that market. They may have Lynnhaven oysters also.

If you are bringing kids, Nauticus is very interesting plus they have the USS Wisconsin battleship there also. Busch Gardens is just outside Williamsburg.

And just for fun you should drive by PETA headquarters in downtown Norfolk.

Just remember that you will be in an area with a population almost as big as Charlotte, so you are not going to a smaller beach place like the Outer Banks (highly recommend that). But it also means there is more to do than just the beach.