The students gave a thumbs-up as we prepared to leave NCSSM this morning.
Jozef caught some zzzs on the trip to Black Mountain.
We stopped in Statesville for lunch.
Our walking tour got rained out...
...so students wait in the Grey Eagle Lodge for the rain to let up so that we can go get some dinner.
Students gather next to "Roger," one of the winged lions that flanks the main entrance to the Grove Arcade.
"Ben" completes the pair of lions that guard the Grove Arcade.
The interior of the Grove Arcade
Hayden admired one of the many grotesques that decorate the interior and exterior of the Grove Arcade.
E.W. Grove, who built the Arcade, made his fortune with his "Tasteless Chill Tonic."
Students gather next to "Roger," one of the winged lions that flanks the main entrance to the Grove Arcade.
"Ben" completes the pair of lions that guard the Grove Arcade.
The interior of the Grove Arcade
Hayden admired one of the many grotesques that decorate the interior and exterior of the Grove Arcade.
E.W. Grove, who built the Arcade, made his fortune with his "Tasteless Chill Tonic."