My Adventures on Our Girls Date in Quaint Rocky Mount

How happy I was to receive an email from my friend Amanda, asking if I would be available to spend a couple hours the next day with her while she was in town. (She lives a ways from our little town and makes a big trip when she comes.)

And with her son Levi spending the day with Grandpa, and little baby Opal with Grandma, we girls had a lovely girls date:)

I was glad to have Sadie take our picture since Amanda is always behind the camera;)

Rocky Mount is a quaint old town with lots of history behind it. We enjoyed looking at the old buildings.

And we stopped by a little shop in town called "The Daily Grind" and got some sandwiches and soup for lunch, Which were quite delicious!

And of course we stopped to get our picture on the unique benches outside the shop:)

And Amanda wanted one of me by myself on the bench:)

We walked around the historic court house too:) interesting fact- in the 11 years I've been living here- I had never walked around the court house in town!

Love these girls!

L. To R. Sadie, me and Ava:)

Amanda and I spent time talking and catching up in the library while the girls looked at books. And on the way home, we stopped to pick up Opal and spent a little more time talking and picking the old banjo.

It was a day that I will treasure for a long time to come.

Thank you for making time in your day to spend some time with me Amanda! It was a lovely day and I'm so blessed to have you for a friend! I always look forward to time spent with these girls too;)

When I get my car, I'm coming down to spend more time with y'all, Lord willing!

I haven't had such a splendid day in a long time!

Until next time,

Elise

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