Hi! I just moved to Virginia. Do you have any suggestions for sightseeing?
I hear that they Blue Ridge Mountains and Chesapeake Bay are both worth seeing - they are both in Virginia right?
Yes, they are! Great ideas. Have you ever visited the Blue Ridge Mountains?
No I haven't but would love to. I think that the Blue Ridge Tunnel would be an amazing way to see them.
I am terribly afraid of heights, so the thought of a mountain is a little scary to me.
I think a tunnel may be a bit less scary as presumably won't be so high. The tunnel was the longest tunnel in the US when it was finished in 1858. I know what you mean - I'm a bit scared of heights too. 
Maybe I should stick to the Bay! Less chance of driving off a mountain that way!
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The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution. In the American Civil War, Virginia's Secession
becoming the public roadway actually closest to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean terminating near the traditional resort strip at Virginia Beach.
Route description West Virginia to Lexington.
U.S. Route 60 enters the state as part of I-64 near the top of the Eastern Continental Divide in the Appalachian Mountains and crosses the portions of the Great Valley, passing the city of Covington, and town of Clifton Forge and the city of Lexington.
Route description Blue Ridge Mountains to Richmond.
At Lexington, the newer Interstate route swings