It's National Ice Cream Day, and shops across the Lynchburg area are scooping up deals today. Here's where to go, sorted by part of town.
Downtown
MayLynn's Creamery (Downtown and Boonsboro): buy one, get one free soft serve cone, today only.
Wards Road
Kline's Dairy Bar: 43¢ cones and cups all day, 11 to 10, a nod to serving since 1943.
Insomnia Cookies: free two-scoop cup of ice cream with any $5 purchase, through today.
Timberlake / Wyndhurst
Mister Goodies: it's their 21st anniversary, so buy one get one free on any cone or cup all day, at both the main shop and the new Schewels location. Balloon Dude Travis is twisting balloons from 6 to 9 at the main location.
Outside the Cone: a Spin & Win prize wheel and all-day giveaways from 12 to 10, including a $50 gift card, plus a special Flavor Lab lineup.
Madison Heights
The Sweet Spot: a free small cone if today's name-of-the-day matches yours. Today's name is ELI.
Forest
Monkee Joe's: free small soft serve with any purchase, just mention it, 12 to 10.
Rookie's: 25% off all scoops and Sammies at both shops (Forest Rd and Norfolk Ave).
Rookie's is also sending its truck on a neighborhood crawl this afternoon:
Farmington pool parking lot: 1:30 to 2:45
Autumn Run (1036 Abalone Bluff Dr): 3:00 to 4:15
Appomattox
Iceland's: BOGO on soft serve today only (cups, cones, storms, and shakes; Dole and hard scoop excluded).
Rustburg
Moo Stop: a brand-new flavor dropping at 2pm.
One more, a little different
craveABLEs is marking the day by giving one away: nominate a local small business and it could win a free craveABLEs ice cream truck party, with the winner announced today. They're a nonprofit that creates jobs for people with intellectual disabilities, so it's a good one to get behind.
Get your friends, get yourself a cone. What's your go-to flavor?