On the Way to Missoula, Montana Sept 10-12

    We started our next adventure by attending the wedding of Katie Sulzer, a lovely garden wedding. It was lovely with a wonderfully diverse crowd. Davide is Italian, so there was a contingent from Italy. Amita, Will's wife, is Indian, so there was a contingent born in India. Zarah, who married them, is Eritrean. Then, there were Katie's high school friends, her Wellesley friends and friends like us from the island. Both Jim and Barbara gave Katie away. Katie and Davide dispensed with some of the traditions such as maid of honor and best man as well as some of the traditional practices. Their vows included to "argue fairly" which we thought was a nice touch. Dinner was catered by Dylan and Claudia and served family style (also very nice). And, music was supplied by Miss Fairchild, a six-piece band led by Travis Richard. They were fabulous. (We went to hear them again at the Brewery the next day.)

Katie and Davide

      On the Monday Mark and I took the early boat off island. We stopped in Bridgewater to see Cal and Alice and went to Good Days Restaurant, one of their favorites. Then we stopped in Dedham at the Apple Store where Mark replaced his very old IPad. Then we drove to the Rodeway Inn outside of Logan Airport.
     We met Jecca, Willy, Otis and Hank at Redbones Barbecue in Davis Square which was a lot of fun. Otis just began as a student at Middlesex and Hank got a part in the next Concord Youth Theater Play - all good things.

     
We had a little glitch in checking our Delta flights as we got a notification that our flight out of Minneapolis was cancelled because our Boston flight was delayed. So, we got on the OLD Rodeway Inn computer in a hallway and managed to book a 5:40 am flight and rebook the Minneapolis flight. So, that meant a 3 am wake up call and a shuttle to the airport. It was a beautiful day and the flights went smoothly. We paid for extra leg room which was nice. We had a layover in Minneapolis and had a great breakfast.
    Flying into Montana we could see forest fires burning on several steep ridges. Missoula's air quality has been awful due to smoke and haze. It was interesting and awful to see the fires from the air.
     We arrived in Missoula and picked up a Nissan Sentra and drove to David and Maura's new house in East Missoula where we got to meet their new pup, Deniro. Mark made a wonderful meal for David and Maura to come home to.