Well our trip went well. We drove home yesterday from Linwood NJ. It took 7 hours and 10 minutes and was 383 miles from door to door. We were able to visit with my sister, Faye en route and she got to see Kate via "skype" video cam conferencing.We went with her to a restaurant that had wi-fi and she, Rich and Lauren got to see and talk with Kerri. Isn't technology great!
From there we headed to Absecon to stay with Paula for two nights. It started to rain when we got on the AC Expressway and didn't stop raining until about10 a.m. on Thursday. That was just in time to allow me to go golfing with Bob Morris and the afternoon group at Greate Bay Country Club. I was really hitting the ball well and was pleased with my game. Then, Dee came over for dinner with the group. It was nice seeing all those old friends again. Dee had been visiting with her friends from work from 1 p.m. till about 5:15 p.m. They were thrilled to see her again and had lots to talk about.
The rains started up again and continued all through Friday until early afternoon. The wedding rehearsal was at 6 and then we had a lovely rehearsal dinner at 7:30 at the Inlet Restaurant. The meal was awesome. A great place to go and celebrate. Afterward, we got together with some Andy and Paula, Marie and Tony at the Crab Trap and talked for a while before everyone went their separate ways.
We did get a chance to visit with our friend Sara Green on Friday and with Marie at the church. Rev. Reeder and I got to visit while Marie and Dee chatted. Since I'd taken my white robe, we decided to use robes for the wedding. That turned out very nice. Then, Dee and I had a late lunch at the Cheeseboard deli and then went to visit the Morris' at their nome.
Then on Saturday the wedding took place at 11 a.m. Heather look stunning. It was a beautiful white dress with red trim with a beaded design The deep red trim also went through the train. Very nice. Heather's father, Bob was able to be at the wedding and rallied from his hospital visit earlier in the week. It all went well. The reception was at Boogie Nights, in the Resorts Casino. It turned out to be a nice venue for the young people in our party. We enjoyed it too.
Later we went and walked on the Ocean City Boardwalk and enjoyed watching the waves and the people. Andy had a picnic cookout and invited us over to share burgers and hotdogs. We watched the end of the Phillies game and the first period of the Penguins game. (ouch) Then finished out the evening in our motel room.
Sunday morning we had breakfast with Mae and Kat at Fitzpatrick's Deli and then went to church. Pastor Reeder had been very gracious throughout the weekend. It was nice to see the church people again. And when Frank announced that we were there, people applauded. That was nice. There were some new faces there and we were glad for that. But it was really nice to see our old friends and spend some time with them in worship and communion. We left the church at 1 p.m. and got home (nice sunny drive) at 8:10 p.m.
