For the Project Wild house course, I was required to spend 36 hours off campus with a group of 6 people.
We chose to spend our time in Mt. Olive, NC.
Mt. Olive is the site of a pickle farm/factory,
which caused some controversy earlier this year.

Scenic downtown Mt. Olive

Jesus is lord over Mt. Olive.... right...

That's a heck of an airport...  there were two private planes there.

They're actually proud of this.

The gang (minus Max) Jacqueline, Jen, Lauren, me, Greg.

We went to see if conditions at the farm were as bad as protesters led us to believe. We discovered that, in fact, the farm is  closed on Saturday.

The street names are actually Cucumber and Vine

They have some great merchandise

I never knew there were so many kinds of pickles.
We bought some "sweet midgets". Heh heh. Sweet.

This is a real store.

We were confused by the sign that reads "boling", because we were looking for a bowling alley. We were sorely disappointed.

Our hotel... just kidding. We stayed at a Sleep Inn. 6 of us. 1 room.

We were unable to determine exactly what this is.

Please e-mail possibile suggestions to [email protected]
 
 
 

If any of you are planning on going to Mt. Olive,
here is a list of "fun" stuff to do.

1. Play bingo with mean old ladies in a room that probably
has more cigarette smoke than air.

2. Tour Mt. Olive College as "prospective freshman". The t-shirts are great.

3. Eat at Andy's Cheesesteaks,
and Mt. Olive Chinese Restaurant (really called this)

4. Visit Goldsborro, the next town over. "It's a big city," a Mt. Olive-ite told us. "They have TWO movie theaters!"

5. While in Goldsborro, be sure to stop at Chuck E Cheese. Unlike every other Chuck E Cheese in America, there is no maximum age limit.

6. Stay in the hotel room and play a lot of board games.
 
 

Life goals accomplished:

#601 Eat at a Cracker Barrel

#207 Eat a pickle

#375 Ask a small town resident if they think
their town is boring. Answer: yes

#713 Pretend to be a prospective freshman at an uber-Christian school while wearing my Star of David necklace.
 

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