Summer Weddings, Continued

Last month we went to Vermont for a "destination wedding," a family visit, and vacation. Yes, in Vermont you really can do all those things.* Dan's friend from college Elon married in a moving Jewish wedding. It really was unforgettable, with stunning scenery, private fireworks, and a horse drawn carriage. They chose the Mountain top Inn in Chittenden, Vermont as their destination. Where Chittenden is I still don't know. Which is exactly the point I suppose. Somewhere nestled in the Appalachian mountains** away from the world, except during ski season of course.

I've started calling these short trips vacation weddings because we pack quite the punch into a long weekend. This time we traveled throughout Rhode Island and Vermont, my favorite being Newport Beach, RI. This also happened to be Karina's first beach experience. She cried when we left -- "Bye, bye wa, wa!!" which made me want to cry as well. Hey, one can never have too much beach in their life.

Lucky for her and me, we are heading back to Newport this week for Summer Weddings, Part III: Karen & Rich.

*I had to laugh because one of their state's slogans is "What happens in VT, stays in VT. But, nothing ever really happens here!" Really, it is the slogan. However, it is so beautiful and pristine that you love it just the way it is.

**We tried to hike some of the Appalachian trail. A couple of miles in, we saw seasoned hikers with heavy sticks and backpacks coming down as were heading up, with an 18 mo. old in tow. Needless to say we had not done our map reading research and we did not finish climbing the summit.