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The article features ten factual prisoner of war (POW) escapes. It describes Richmond, Virginia's Libby Prison, a Union officers' prison during the Civil War, and how 109 inmates escaped after digging tunnels in 57 days. Winston Churchill escaped on his second night from a Pretoria prison in South Africa by scaling a latrine wall and dropping into a garden. On July 24-25, 1918, 29 British and Australian officers in the German Holzminden POW camp passed through 180 feet of tunnel.

The article discusses the author's experience driving the Lotus Exige S two-seat coupe across Virginia. He passed by a dogwood-dotted farmland along Highway 522, north toward Fredericksburg. He drove through Scrabble passing the Tightsqueeze Plaza before circling back to get to Appomattox. He also drove the Lotus automobile on the Virginia International Raceway.

Presents a daily record of the author's three day tour of the Appalachian woods of Virginia driving a Toyota Prius hybrid model car. Overview of the car performance driving from Berkeley Springs to Buckhannon; Sites encountered driving from Buckhannon to Lewisburg; Reflection of the social contrasts between the state's country road scenery and its highways driving from Lewisburg to White Sulphur Springs. INSET: Appalachia..

The article features the Middleton Inn in Washington, Virginia. The inn is a redbrick Federal manor with four rooms and a cottage suite. It is owned by Mary Ann Kuhn, a former "Washington Post" reporter and CBS news producer. The author claims that the inn has authentic Virginia taste and quality. A contact information is provided.