Virginia Beach Can Kiss My A@@

From the title you can figure out the pilot and family did not have a good experience in Virginia Beach. Due to our stand-by status with the airlines, we travel off peak which makes good economic sense (although it does have its downside). Since the Atlantic coastal beaches have their peak from Memorial Day to Labor Day, it seemed like the shoulder season during the first week of October would be ideal. The weather still remains fairly nice in that area during the time of year and this was no exception. Well in Virginia Beach they damn near rolled up the boardwalk. First, we had to walk and walk to find a restaurant that wouldn't call for selling any organs in exchange for lunch. While we were walking along, rather than keep going back and forth to the boardwalk to each restaurant, we walked along the bike path to the side. Some rude person on a bike nearly hit us and loudly pointed out that the boardwalk was "over there." We finally did find a little local owned restaurant. There were still a few people there on the covered patio eating and drinking beer. We didn't even sit down when the waitress nearly broke a marathon record to tell us they were closed. We questioned it since it was only 12:30. She nastily told us that they closed at 1:00. We pointed out that was still 25 minutes away. She then stated in her most exasperated voice, "Well it's off season." So we again wandered away only to find Quiznos where we spent $25 on a wrap, a half-sandwich, whole sandwich and one bag of chips.

Rest assured that we will never intentionally go back to Virginia Beach. We went for a long weekend trip to the Outer Banks and Norfolk which more than made up for the rudeness and overpriced Beach in Virginia. More on that later.