Also in Williamsburg is Presidents' Park. If it's been mentioned, I missed it. The park has huge busts of each president, along with signs about them and also some audio at some of the presidents. My 5th grade son really liked this. In the lobby of the building there is a "movie" about all of the presidents. We really enjoyed it. I believe it's right near Water Country.

Is this a theme park and, if so, what is the charge?

Covington, VA is the site of Humpback Bridge, the only humped back covered bridge left in the world. It is in a beautiful setting and is only about 1 hr. and 15 minutes west of Staunton on route I-64 (Take I-81 to I-64).

The drive from Staunton/Lexington to Covington is gorgeous. An extremely friendly city with lots of pretty scenery, it is 20 miles from The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, VA, an even more beautiful town.

President's Park is not a theme park; more like a bizarre sculpture garden of giant heads. I don't know the admission price. I will try to find out. It seems like a pretty cool way to learn about the Presidents.

www.presidentspark.org $9.75 for adults, $6.50 6-17.

Thanks for the extra tips!

I live in Virginia and use the following site frequently for planning outings. This is broken down by region of the state and contains hyperlinks to many of the destinations: http://www.timetravelers.org/destinations.html

RICHMOND: There is more to see at Maymont than just the house. If the weather is nice, be sure to include time to walk around the park - it has lovely gardens and great nature exhibits.

WILLIAMSBURG: Colonial Williamsburg is a wonderful place to spend a day or two. Last time I was there little girls could rent period dresses for their day of touring.

I've never been to President's Park, as I think the concept of looking at oversized sculptures is less than appealing to me. If you do visit there, please let us know your impression of that in relation to all of the other sites you visit.

YORKTOWN - JAMESTOWN: Both Yorktown and Jamestown have two separate tourist sites - each has a facility that is part of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and also has a facility that is part of the National Park Service. I think both compliment each other and have their own features to offer. There is a combined ticket for Jamestown-Yorktown that gives you a discount. The fort at Jamestown is a great experience for the feel of life at that time, while my favorite Jamestown site is watching the glass blower in the National Park. Before leaving the Jamestown area a trip on the Jamestown ferry is fun if you have never experienced such a ride (It's free and doesn't really take a long time). You can turn around and come back or the Surry House on the other side is a good place to eat.

I guarantee you will not run out of things to do. Expect Staunton to Williamsburg to be your longest drive.

Alvira, how I wish I had known about the timetravelers.org website when I first started planning our trip. It is fabulous! I'll try to browse thoroughly before we leave.

When in Charlottesville, be sure to pop by Bodo's Bagels (there's two locations).

Do not believe the others. Richmond magazines just named mama zu as the worst service in Richmond. If you want an expeirience in rudeness, just yell the owner, enzo and see his reaction. He told me "if you don't like it, don't come back". You got good asdvice about Me Kong, a great Vietnemese meal.. If you go at lunch time, you will not believe the prices of the menu.