Cape Cod and wedding preparations

The train trip to Boston was good. It's a much better option than flying. It took about three and a half hours and we met up with Pip, Julian and Sam, picked up a hire car and drove to Orleans where we met Jean and Kent, Mel's parents. We drove to a little Motel nearby, had a Thai meal and went to bed. Next day we checked into the Ship's Knees Inn where we are staying for four days.

   

   

This charming little B and B is an eight minute walk to Nauset Beach, ten minute drive into the township and about fifteen minutes to Mel's parents place at Crystal Lake where the wedding will be held. 

This is Tom and Mel's sister taking time out from the Wedding rehearsal. This is going to be the wedding of the year. It has been planned to the nth degree. Mel chose her wedding dress the day after Jesse proposed a year ago. She bought the tie that Jesse will wear tonight the day after. So much planning made us bolt for the beach.

It was too cold to swim but we managed many a long walk. And then we just had to stop at Liam's Beach Shack to sample the lobster rolls and world famous onion rings.

 

 

It's funny, it's like two parallel worlds - there's the Wedding World and the beach holiday world. All day we have been in beach holiday mode but shortly it will be full tilt into Wedding mode. Tom is rehearsing his Wedding speech. Soon I will be putting on the make-up, slipping on a frock and Tom will be suiting up. Then we'll jump into the Wedding bus and be driven back to Crystal Lake for the ceremony and then bussed  to the the Yacht Club for the Reception.