Live in NC and want to plan an affordable weekend getaway for 1-year anniversary…help!?
my boyfriend and I have been thinking that we want to go away for the weekend of our 1-year anniversary (which is coming up at the beginning of august)….we want a place that is in decent driving distance of Raleigh, NC…because flying would be WAY too expensive for just a weekend trip…any good ideas of where we could go?
Oh, you have a world of opportunities within driving distance!
Williamsburg, Virginia, with Colonial Williamsburg and Busch Gardens amusement park
Richmond, Virginia, if you’d rather go to Kings Dominion
Washington DC is an easy weekend trip, and that is the most fantastic city. The various museums are generally only open until 5 pm on Saturday, so if you want to go to a museum, get up and get going.
Baltimore is only about another hour past Washington. The Inner Harbor is neat. Don’t miss the Aquarium and Fort McHenry. And then head over a mile or so to Little Italy and have some authentic home-cooked Italian food. My favorite spot is Amicci’s.
Finding a place to stay at the beach in August isn’t going to be easy but it can be done. There’s Beaufort NC (have dinner at the Net House) and Morehead City if you head east on Highway 70. Or go east on I-40 to Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, or Oak Island. Or head on down to Myrtle Beach, SC. Or you can head out the 64 bypass and go straight for the Outer Banks and Kitty Hawk and the Wright Brothers Memorial.
The NC mountains are beautiful. Try Hendersonville. There are hotels, motels, and some lovely bed & breakfasts. To make it a really gorgeous drive, when you leave Hendersonville to come home, drive east on Highway 64 instead of I-40. Oh, Hendersonville is this adorable little town with the cutest shopping area and nicest people you’ve ever met. And if you can, head on over to Carl Sandburg’s home, Connemara, at Flat Rock.
Asheville, NC is another beautiful town. There is an antique car museum at the Grove Park Inn. There are also several museums dedicated to handcrafts (weaving, spinning, pottery) and mountain life. And then there’s the Biltmore House. Everyone should go see Biltmore once. If you can, take one of their extra tours. My husband and I did the “Rooftop” tour and the “Behind the Scenes” tour. Very cool.
Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Lynchburg.
There’s lots to see and do in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Open a map, close your eyes, and put your finger on a spot, and just – go. 
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