Visit with Cole in Morganton, 3/12

   We left Asheville with snow on the ground and drove to Morganton. It was pretty snowy in the mountain pass, but once we dropped down, the snow disappeared. Whew.

    We stopped to visit Cole who was babysitting for his little sister for the weekend. We had a wonderful chat with him. He is planning a school trip to Ecuador in June to volunteer at an orphanage and do some sightseeing as well.

     Later we met his lovely girlfriend, Mackenzie,  at a pizza place (name escapes me as I am writing this 2 weeks late). We had never met her before so that was really nice.

     We left them and headed toward the coast. We had planned to go up Route 81, but the snow storm made us change our plans. We drove to South Hill just to a hotel at the side of the road. We did drive around the town and went to the grocery store and got food (soups) to eat in our room.