weekend retreat

this past weekend, i went up to montreat college for a women's retreat with my church. 

to say the very least, it was amazing and i loved every minute of it. 

but today, i wanted to share with you a few things we encountered on our ride up....

a view of chimney rock from lake lure...

a view of lake lure, the place where dirty dancing's lake scene was filmed...

a little wooly caterpillar crossing our path...

fun friends to hang out with...

unbelievable window boxes with amazingly colorful flowers...

and this little pickle...

this happened once we arrived at montreat. thankfully the basketball team was headed to practice, and stopped to help us out. they actually lifted and pivoted the car...

thanks for helping us out, guys!