Til Death

So we have returned from the Green Mountain state of Vermont, where we were for my brother's wedding. It was a good time. Here's a quick recap.

Megan and I flew to Burlington, VT (with a connection in Detroit) on Wednesday night, which went fine. We had reserved a rental car at Avis. We had selected the standard car, which was described as a "Chevy Monte Carlo" or similar. What we ended up with was a Chevy Trailblazer, which seems to be very much non-similar to a Monte Carlo. Oh, those silly people at Avis. But anyway, we enjoyed driving it around.

We then went to our hotel, Quality Inn, which happened to be directly next to where my parents were staying at the Motel 6. We met them in the morning for breakfast at McDonald's (also right next door). Then some of us went up to Mount Philo, where the wedding was. It had a great view of the surrounding area (I have some pictures that are still on the camera). The ceremony went well. Other people were in the area during the ceremony (it was a public area), and at one point a dog ran through the front and urinated on a nearby tree. But, alas. Everything was nice and went well.

We then went to the Kitchen Table Bistro for the wedding dinner, which was very good. The next morning, we all met and toured the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory and, of course, had some ice cream (yum). After that, Megan and I went off on our own, and had a nice couple days together vacationing around Burlington. We went on a small tour of the Lake Champlain Chocolate Factory (more yum), with lots of free samples. We also walked around a pedestrian streek marketplace area, which was interesting. That night, we went to Junior's Italian restaurant.

On Saturday, we drove up close to Canada, and then down over some islands. The whole area is very pretty at this time of year, as the leaves are turning to their fall colors. We stopped at a couple places and took some pictures. We stopped at a little shop that had a large frog standing outside. We then went to one of my favorite places to get ice cream - Friendly's, and had lunch (mmm.... buffalo chicken...).

After lunch, we went back to Mount Philo, where the wedding was, and did some hiking down and up the sides of the mountain. It was good fun but rather tiring. After that, we went to a Chinese buffet for supper, and then flew back to Minnesota early Sunday morning. We continued our unhealthy eating by picking up Chipotle on the way home and going to Old Chicago for supper.

And now, it's back to work. Today is day 2 of 26 consecutive days in the office. Yehaw. :)

LotD: 36 World of Warcraft Accounts. Ack.