And now for the rest of the story! (If you missed it, you can read part 1 here.)

On Sunday, we went to Sunday School and Church at Capital City Christian Church, where Dan is the Student Minister. It was a nice church and it was cool to hear and see Dan’s vision for the students, as well as the church as a whole, which was in the midst of a capital campaign to grow the church. Who would have thought that in the middle of Carolina country I would run into two Kentuckians?!? The senior pastor, Jon, and another member of the church were from around this area and Jon even had on a shirt with the UK logo. Felt like home

After church, Lori cooked a spaghetti lunch and we relaxed for a bit. Then we went geocaching! After hearing about it, Dan was really interested in geeking out with me, so we set out to find some geocaches in the Raleigh area. Lori joined us in finding three of them before she got tired, then Dan and I found two more. Dan seemed to really enjoy it and even wrote about it on his blog.

After our geocaching conquests, Dan and Lori went to church for their evening student ministry meeting while I stayed behind to study and do some homework. Yeah, that stunk, but I had a lot to get done for class the following week - quiz, paper and test. So I studied for a few minutes, then watched some football and The Office. Dan and Lori eventually returned from church and we wrapped up the night with some Skip-Bo. Lori finally won a game - go Lori! She was pretty hyper, too, and provided some great entertainment.

Monday dawned, and I had to hit the road bright and early. I had class that evening, and since the class was three and a half hours long, and we had a quiz and a paper due that evening, I decided to leave in time to get back for it. Bad call… It was an uneventful trip and I made good time (and no tickets!). I got to class and…we took a 1 minute quiz (it was the exact same as the practice quiz she had given us to study) and watched We Are Marshall. Needless to say, I was a bit upset that I left my friends early and busted my butt to get back in time to watch a movie. At least it was a good movie, but still…!

So, that’s the run down on a very fun weekend. I had a fantastic time in NC visiting the Staifers, and can’t wait to see them again! Thanks for a great weekend, Dan and Lori!

Pictures from the trip are in the gallery.

Here’s the route that I traveled, as well as the location of some of the places I visited.