Yesterday we had so much fun! After our presentation in Morganton Rotary Club we jumped to a boat and spent the day at Lake James swimming, driving jet ski and playing tennis. In the evening we went to cigar club  in Hickory. Actually none of us smoked any cigars but we had lots of fun eating pizza and chatting with people. We met there a guy from Finland. Ismo Kääriäinen has lived in Hickory over 20 years now. It was so nice to talk with him. Greetings if you read the blog as you promised, Ismo!

Today the sun was shining again from the bright blue sky. It was time to pack our stuff again. Now we are in Lenoir. First we went to town hall and met the mayor Joseph L. Gibbons and Bill Griffin, the chairman of Caldwell county.

We spent the warm day by a beautiful riverside and also did a small hike there. We never found the waterfall that we were looking for but we saw something else: a rattle snake. Luckily it wanted to get away from us as much we wanted to get away from it! Otherwise the trip was great, beautiful sceneries and good company!