On our day off

We have lost most of our Teacher Workdays because of the weather, but we had one last month.  Love those random days off.  So, what did we do when the kids had no school?  Go to college, of course.  Duke University, to be exact.  Whit had her annual check-up with Dr. Buckley.  Her vision is doing great!  She sees 20/25 in both eyes and her alignment looks good. 

Yippee!  

At this point, we just continue having yearly exams and hope her vision remains stable.

When we finished her appt, Brandon suggested we visit the cathedral on campus.  We could see it from our parking deck, so we started walking. 

Sometimes distances can be deceiving.  

We walked a lot further than we anticipated, but eventually made it there.

And it was worth the hike.

 Catching our breath in a cool alcove.

 I love these doors.

The curly decor makes them girly, 

but the wrought iron is so masculine.

Maybe my dream home will have doors like this.

The stained glass was gorgeous.

I wish we had more of this in our churches.

 They had little handouts with explanations of who all these people were.

The only ones I remember are Amos and Obadiah.

But I'm pretty sure that Lazarus at the top in the middle.

 Christ and his apostles.

Every child's dream:  to peruse hymnals on their day off.

When we finished up in the cathedral 

and took the long hike back to the parking deck,

we decided we needed more exposure to higher education.

So we drove to Chapel Hill for the first time.

And visited UNC.

 We visited Morehead Planetarium.

They had a very cool movie in the dome theater.

But we were disappointed because

they advertise as also having a science center.
But they don't.

They DO have a giant sundial outside.

But it doesn't take DST into account.