Into the hills on St. Patrick's Day -- March 17th -- Day 5

Our original plan was to stay in Greensboro for the finals of the ACC tournament, but that was scuttled and Sunday morning we headed to West Virginia to visit Mike, leaving the Piedmont for the mountains of western North Carolina, southeastern Virginia and finally WV. The already cold weather grew colder and by the time we arrived in Lewisburg it was a blustery 32 and there were snow flurries in the air. After checking into the hotel we quickly changed and went to the Greenbrier (a five star resort in White Sulphur Springs, the town in which I grew up) for tea, and then to a local establishment to watch the NCAA selection show. We were relieved to find out that Michigan would in fact be playing in Auburn Hills, Michigan, where we already had tickets, and disappointed (but not surprised in view of their play at the ACC tournament) that Duke was not going to be in the East Region in Washington, DC, where we also had tickets. Instead Duke was assigned to the Midwest Region, and if successful in the first two games, would be playing in Indianapolis. This caused a major change in our schedule, but we were able to adapt by buying Midwest Region tickets online and listing our East Region tickets on eBay, where they eventually sold.  We finished the day with dinner at an  Irish pub in Lewisburg.