{"id":4231,"date":"2019-02-08T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2019-02-08T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:00:51","slug":"gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Trip: Gas is Cheap and the Road is Long!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Joyelle Ronan<\/em><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t been getting out on the roads lately, let me fill you in. Gas prices are pretty\u00a0<\/span>low right now, around $2.00 per gallon, which means it\u2019s the perfect time to take a road trip. If\u00a0<\/span>saving a few bucks on gas doesn\u2019t entice you, maybe you\u2019ll be convinced to leave the comfort of campus when you hear about some places that are within an hour of Salem that you may have never even heard of.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve lived in southwest Virginia for over a decade and I\u2019m still discovering new places to\u00a0<\/span>visit. A recent favorite of mine is Draper, Va. Located 55 minutes away from campus, Draper is home to Thee Draper Village where you\u2019ll find several unique shopping and dining options. My personal recommendation is to visit The Draper Bloom\u2019s Tea Garden and try the amazing scones or head inside The Merc Restaurant for a cup of Open Road Roastery coffee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also 55 minutes away, is a town that I\u2019m pretty familiar with, it\u2019s where I spent the\u00a0<\/span>majority of my childhood. Floyd, Va is the kind of small town that can only be described as\u00a0<\/span>unique. If you\u2019re going to make the trip out to Floyd then you definitely have to hit up all the\u00a0<\/span>shops on Main St. including The Floyd Country Store, home to the Friday Night Jamboree. If it\u00a0<\/span>happens to be a bit warmer, the farmer’s market is also a must.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might be surprised at how many interesting places can be found within an a short\u00a0<\/span>hour\u2019s drive. With a few bucks for food, a knack for finding deals, and some great friends, you\u00a0<\/span>can plan a pretty fun and budget friendly Saturday road trip. You\u2019ll still have all of Sunday to get caught up on your work, there\u2019s really no excuse not to go exploring. So, fill up your tank, get out on the road and see what Southwest Virginia has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Joyelle Ronan If you haven\u2019t been getting out on the roads lately, let me fill you in. Gas prices are pretty\u00a0low right now, around $2.00 per gallon, which means it\u2019s the perfect time to take a road trip. If\u00a0saving a few bucks on gas doesn\u2019t entice you, maybe you\u2019ll be convinced to leave…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/men.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}