The dinner was held on the SS Ticonderoga, but was catered by the very friendly folks at the Round Barn. We almost had a catastrophe on our hands, as the weather turned foul, with predicted thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail. The Round Barn owners came over to talk to us as we were about to leave for the dinner to tell us they thought we should cancel due to the weather, which was making the whole event potentially unsafe. We decided to persevere, on the understanding that we may have to drive right back to Warren if the weather continued to deteriorate. It looked pretty grim during the trip, but just as we arrived the clouds parted and we got a great, sunny day. Had a great party, with some speeches, including a surprisingly entertaining one from pomme, who to my surprise had grown from my baby sister to a mature adult (with boobs even!) while I was traveling the world. After lots of drinking, we all headed back to the hotel for continued merriment at the Pitcher Inn bar.

We also had to rent a few more inns in the area to accomodate the guests, since each one was quite small. The other main hotel guests stayed at was the Inn at the Round Barn, pictured here. It's just outside Warren, set in beautiful grounds. They've got an excellent catering group there, who we also used to cater our rehearsal dinner on Friday evening. We put about twenty guests there, and they loved it. We stopped by a couple of times, and every time we found our guests cooking with the owners or the caterers in the kitchen, sharing recipes. I was a bit nervous about a bunch of Thais invading a tiny Vermont town for a gay wedding initially, but everyone was really friendly. By the time our wedding party rolled around Saturday night, we had some of the townspeople at the party, including some of the Round Barn staff.