Today marks Day 2 of a 3 day wedding weekend extravaganza! One of Ray's best buddies from UVM, Ryan, and his long-time girlfriend Cara are getting married tomorrow! This was a cause for major celebration because (a) not only is the wedding taking place here in Burlington, but (b) this means the entire X. McWilfrew gang (plus lady partners) will be together again for the first time since Ray and I got married (or maybe even longer than that....).
So folks started arriving from out of town yesterday. Doug and his girlfriend, Jenn, arrived from North Carolina yesterday afternoon. Joe and Camille had flown into NYC earlier in the week to spend some time with Phlip and Colleen. The four of them rented a car and arrived last evening. Ryan and Cara drove up from CT and were the last to arrive last night. While there is no photographic evidence, there was a bit of a noisy bachelor party at Casa de McBe last night - but I have no details, and the ladies were banned from the house and forced to go out eating and drinking.
This morning dawned will slightly less planning than most of the female participants might have liked, particularly after a rather late evening, but the initial forecast was for a hike up Camel's Hump mid-morning. I think due to the cloudy skies and the lack of sleep the plans were reduced to a lovely (read: shorter) hike up Mount Philo early afternoon. Doug and Jenn are staying with us for the weekend, so the four of us pilled into the Honda Civic (did I mention Doug is taller than Ray?), picked up Joe downtown and met up with Phlip, Colleen, Joe, Cara and the rest of the group (Cara's Dad, her sister, her sister's boyfriend, etc) for the scenic hike.
Joe and Ryan have been best friends for as long as I can remember, which I think means probably the first day of college. Joe will be serving as Best Man at tomorrow's festivities, while Doug with be officiating and Ray will be one of two wedding photographers! To get him self (and the couple) prepped for ALL the photos to be taken tomorrow, Ray brought along his camera for combination of posed and candid shots!
The hike wasn't too difficult, and the view from the top (although a bit cloudy) was wonderful!
Ryan, Cara and much of their wedding party had to cut out early - the ladies had hair and make up test runs to do, and Ryan had errands to run before the pre-rehearsal dinner drinks at VBP. Ray, myself, Doug, Jenn, Joe, Philp and Colleen were in no rush... so we took our time coming down the mountain.
