Wedding: Richard and Vella

Almost 10 years after our oldest was married, our oldest son married his sweethart on 6 October 2012 in Palatka, Florida.
Vella's family had once owned the place where they were married. The Rodman Plantation.  It is now the original home and 6000 acres used for weddings, retreats, hunting, etc.

Palatka is in northern Florida between St. Augustine and Gainesville.  Vella was raised in St. Augustine and her dad's family is from this area.
The only one of our family not able to attend was Richard's older sister, Anneka.  Of course there was a bit of "justice" in that since Richard was in Portugal when Anneka was married in 2002.  Still, she was sad not to have been there.
Lori and I flew down to Orlando and drove up to the wedding site.  We had to leave Wednesday evening, overnight in Seattle, fly all day to Orlando, overnight in Ormond Beach and finally on Friday got to Palatka.  (Travel from Alaska is always an experience).
Although there were lots of thunderstorms while we were there we were blessed not to have a drop at the Plantation the day of the wedding.... since it was outside.
We got to meet Vella's family, including her sisters, brother, her dad, and 2 grandmas.  And a few others I have no chance of remembering.
Meg and Charles got to participate in the wedding party.  Richard also had 2 old friends, David and Matt, while Vella also included her 2 sisters, Sarah and Amy.
The wedding party had barefeet during the ceremony(as well as most the time too), which was cool, but exposed them to chiggers.  They all itched for several days.
Lori and I left Sunday evening after getting Meg, her boyfriend, Brian, and Charles down to Walt Disney World for a short stay.  We still had to overnight in Seattle before making it home on Monday.  A quick trip for a 4 time zone change.