We do this on occasion. We don't tend to go for tourist-type sites (in fact, we are probably less than half an hour from the nearest beach, but we've never actually gone there). Instead we'll decide to go spend a day knocking around in some town about an hour away, poking our noses into odd little boutiques and maybe stopping for ice cream before we head for home. It's a pleasant way to take a break from the usual routine without spending much money.

One year before I broke my ankle Mom and I went for lunch at Stratford Hall, which is Robert E. Lee's birthplace. The admission was free. The food was pretty good. The weather was nice. Mom and I went inside the gift shop & she bought us each a gold-plated tape measure (shell shaped) for our needlework baskets.

Then I came out and said "Did you know about the free wine tour/tasting at Ingleside Winery ?" which is fairly close to Stratford Hall.

Mom was excited and we ended up there. We had a blast.

It must've been between 1992-94 because Mom could walk well and I hadn't become handicapped.

That was one of our better 4th of July celebrations. It was reasonably cheap and we didn't face a hoard of tourists like we would've at Williamsburg.