there are actually 36 COG members currently in Va., and as states go, they are VERY active in the rides thing.. (and yes, you can mention anything relating to COG rides HERE... as this WAS the original COG website.
I am also VA, although I have never had any involvement with COG.
not too many places that you can have breakfast in one state [like VA], and have lunch in one of 5 other states, and depending on you go, and what you want, see the ocean, or ride obscure mountains and national forest twisties between them all.. add in the history of the United States, as we know it today, and how it was formed.. it's a winner.
It is a nice place. There is such a broad mix of interesting places, culture, history, terrain, people. One hour you can be in a big city, the next out in winding country roads, or a huge forest, a mountain range, a picture-perfect valley, surrounded by swamps, watching the ocean, winding around the bay, following a river, stuck in a big open plain, riding through a tunnel or bridge, or super-highway, a cobblestone or brick road, or just a barely paved and unpainted nothing. Hot, cold, wet, dry, fast, slow, high, low, expensive, cheap, it seems most anything can be found.