Corn and Mike's Wedding, July 2004

The idea was to visit Red Wing, MN for the wedding of Corn and Mike. Post-wedding festivities included a several-day group-honeymoon to St. Croix St. Park further north.

Also, check out the various timelapse movies that were taken -- charades, clouds, etc.

Watch the exciting canoe movie

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At the WI farmhouse: Camille, Jessica, Alistair, and Jessie collaborate on drinking grapefruit juice for an ulterior motive.
Oren and Emily supervise.
Bells are created.
Jessica disc-usses the ultimate gift to toss at the team.
Gretchen arrives.
View back to Red Wing (upriver to the right).
E, Jen, and J discuss.
Oren supervises, again.
Emily reads the good book.
The wallaby avoids having her nails done.
Naomi has brought back my ankylosaurus. (She tried to convice me earlier that it was dead -- not true! It was only sleeping.)
The wedding occurs, followed by curry and bluegrass (not shown).
Morning after the wedding. Dave observes while Eric hides beneath the tree.
Lydia lists.
Andrew appears, dressed in red.
Kristy with Ellen.
Woo-hoo! Mr. and Dr. Cornelia-Michael Chesley Lang Fallon arrive on the scene, fresh with wedding-night Polaroids in hand!
The girls get in on the wedding-night action.

Time to head to St. Croix: Mike takes over, although Lydia is easily distracted.
(Mike doesn't give up easily.)
The new diesel WV.

En route, Kristy spends time feeding her husband but the young child accompanying them is sadly unable to reach her own Blizzard.
The Wisconsin Dairy Queens have product availability above and beyond that in most of the chain's stores!
At St Croix, Corn glows in the tannin-colored lake, as a half-dozen mosquitoes fly in formation above her head.

Lydia glows, again.
Eric's head, and...
... the rest of Eric.

Yes -- a mosquito becomes blinded by the flash!
At the cabin, Camille explains her thoughts very clearly.

Cornelia imbibes.

Ursi appears on the scene, sans viola.
Indian leftovers slowly cool while diners indulge the camera.

Ursi images the...
... butt-crack angel!
In an exciting party game, children are tossed back and forth.

Several of the women spin around and they cross the floor. They're walking like an Egyptian.
Catherine demonstrates her award-winning charadic proclivity, in the urban-themed category. A prize to the first person who can re-identify the clue based on the photos. Possible options include:
  • `Mind the gap'
  • Bemidji, MN
  • Route 61
  • Sex without a condom on your wedding night
  • Dukes of Hazzard
  • Golden Eagle pass
  • Bon temps roulet!
  • Geisha district
  • Manhole cover
  • Butt-crack angel
  • `Squeal like a pig!'
  • Henry David Thoreau
  • Black bear lawn ornament
  • `Happy endings'
  • Northern Exposure
  • FDNY
  • The Bootlickers
  • Pabst Blue Ribbon
  • Metrosexual
  • Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
  • Pink taffeta bridesmaid dress
  • Skyscraper
  • Swedish penis pump
  • Camille
  • Chinatown bus
  • Class 5 rapids
  • Goose guano
  • Chastity belt
  • Big Dig
Corn takes control in the van en route to canoeing.

I invoke the help of Pathfinder in my local search for water.

Camille deals with her fears.

Camille and Dave search for each other.

A floating body is found in the river...
... which Eric valiantly jumps into the water to rescue.
Jessica appears unperturbed through the whole incident.
Eagles abound, baldly.

Another pair of feet is found beneath the water.

Polaroids develop and enrich themselves and others.


Henry Throop

Last modified Mon Jan 17 13:19:01 2005