OT: Visiting VT With My Son This Week - Looking for Advice

My 16-year old son (the youngest of my 7 kids) and I are driving down to VA from Cape Cod on Wednesday for two college visits. We'll stay at my sister's in Woodstock that night, and then we'll get up early to drive down to the VT campus on Thursday.

That morning, we have a meeting at 11:30 at Wallace Hall (he wants to major in English), then we're doing the General Information session @ 1:30 followed by the walking tour from 2:30 - 4:00. We'll be staying at the Hampton Inn in Christiansburg that night.

I've only been back to campus a couple of times in the past 20 years. The last time was for the UVA game in 2015, when I met up with some of my old college buddies in Roanoke around noon and drank for about 13 hours straight. Therefore, my memories of the "new" campus from that day are a little foggy, to say the least. Other than the immediate area around the Drill Field, so much of it looked unfamiliar. I did visit the new Memorial in front of Burruss and I did grab a burger and beers at Mike's that day.

So, a couple of questions:

1. Where should we grab a quick lunch on campus between the Wallace and General Info session? We may only have 30 minutes or less.

2. Is it possible for us to get inside Lane Stadium, Cassell, etc. late that afternoon?

3. Where should we grab dinner in Blacksburg or Christiansburg that night?

4. Any other "must-see's" while we're there? We don't really have a lot of extra time.

We get up early on Friday and drive up to JMU. Don't judge, he actually likes the English program there and he wants to eventually teach. And we get to visit my Mom,, who is 92 and battling Parkinson's, and lives in a nursing home in Harrisonburg.

Thanks!

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