All of the campuses we visited were lovely in their own way. There were lots of buildings made of red brick with white columns since we were in the south. Historic domes, homes and bell towers with carillons ringing were some of the architectural and musical highlights of the tour.
The admissions staff were welcoming and the tour guides were entertaining everywhere we went. You just can't beat southern hospitality.
We barely escaped this Monday morning, where the grad student lives...
To sit in a lot of this...
A lovely bonus was that we got to have two meals on Sunday with the grad student daughter at Wake Forest, in-between driving and touring. In the rain. And damp, chilly wind. But we were troopers and forged ahead. I had checked the forecast and armed up with some nice new bumbershoots in our checked bag, so we were all set to stay as dry as possible on our campus treks.
Traveling with the vegan teenager means we have to scour cities in advance to find the "right" place to eat that offers the no meat, no dairy options for her.
There is no deviating from this. Ever. Though she lets me eat like a "heathen" at places with drive-thru windows where they serve yummy things like spicy breaded chicken breasts on a biscuit drizzled with honey. And a Diet Dr. Pepper to wash it down. Gotta watch those calories. She even lets me go inside sometimes when she needs to take a bathroom break. The teenager is just too good to me.
We ended our last night with a trip to the local Publix grocery store in Clemson, South Carolina, where I was ogling the bakery goods while she was gathering up some oranges and kombucha for breakfast the next day.
The college touring continues at the end of this month with a trip to Atlanta so we can hit a couple more places on her must-see list for fall college app consideration. Grab the checkbook, daddy-o, because it looks like we'll definitely be paying out-of-state tuition when the second chickadee fledges the nest in August 2019.
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