If you wander west from Pocohontas, check out Charlies waterfront cafe in Farmville Va, or for a college sports bar with great sandwiches
Macados.
For a neat little civil war site check out Staunton view state park
The old men and boys battle. neat story.
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/staunton-river-battlefieldYouve missed this months meeting but another park a couple hours west of Richmond,
Staunton river state parkis the only dark skies park in the area and holds meetups for the Chapel Hill astronomical society, with some great introductions to astronomy.