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Today was what was supposed to be my relaxing day in Virginia Beach. Turned out to be more disappointing than relaxing. What was supposed to be a 3 hour or less drive was over 4, because traffic kept getting congested in the most random places (sometimes not even anywhere near a city). I didn't make it there until 2 (since I left later than originally planned), and I hadn't eaten lunch yet so I was really cranky. All the park places only took cash, and I couldn't find a Bank of America in sight so I had to go into Rite Aid and buy something. Good thing I was low on sunscreen. Parked the car successfully and went to get something to eat...and the first place I went wouldn't take credit cards either. So I ended up at Subway. Changed into my suit in the bathroom there.

Get to the beach and there's a red flag up. I could go in the water but not very far.

Absolutely no public bathrooms at the beach that I could see, so was going to change out of the suit in the Rite Aid I'd parked near....and they told me they'd closed their public restrooms for good. Arg!

Virginia Beach itself strikes me as sort of a second rate Miami. It was okay. I don't think I'll be driving 4 hours to get there again.

Went to Captain Chuck-a-mucks for dinner as I had planned. Though the crab was good, the portions were small, especially given what I paid. The owner was there working, but despite the fact that he walked by me a number of times, he never said "hello, welcome to chuck-a-mucks; hey, how are you today?; how are you liking the food?" nothing. I was disappointed with the place.

Despite my dislike for roller coasters, I may have been better off going on the Busch Gardens trip some people organized. *sigh*