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Labor day weekend involved a trek to philly and the greater pennsylvania area to attend Andy and Beth’s wedding reception. Good time were had by all as the whole miller clan arrived en masse to work their magic in pennsylvania. Not a whole lot of babble, just some good pictures and good drinking.

Day 1 - Thursday

We took the redeye from seattle which meant no sleep for Beef until Thursday night. We had a quick bite to eat at the Black Sheep Pub. A couple of cups of coffee sent me off to explore the various historic instituions in downtown. The Liberty Bell, Independnece Hall, the Constitution Center, and various other historical buildings from the day. Aaron, Jill, and Emily arrived Thursday evening. WE set out to do a little bit of destruction. The Continental was first on our list, then the Westin, next was Oscar’s, and finally a drunken cab ride to cheesesteaks at both Geno’s and Pat’s. I’d have to say Pat’s was better due to the lack of politics. Then we spent our first night in Philly at Club Quarters. If you stay in any of the major cities, I’d say try to be a member of this place or at least find a frien who is, low prices and a decent room in the heart of downtown.

This day was strange all around. We went and got some lunch at some Irish place. Took a stroll around City Hall and Love Plaza. We headed over to Andy’s as Terry and Mike rolled back in from DC. Andy, Mike, Terry, and Greg headed up to Riegelsville, PA where the reception was to be held. Megan, Aaron, Jill, Emily, and myself were going to see the Phillies play that night and then head up in the morning. Alas, Ernesto the hurricane had other plans for us, the game was rained out. Unfortuneately, we didn’t find this out until we got off the empty subway and walked upstairs to see an empty parking lot and a sign stating the obvious. We took the subway back and headed up to Riegelsville ourselves. Our luxurious quarters were the Riegelsville Inn on the majestic banks of the Delaware. Not only that, Jersey was just a bridge walk away. Amy, Tom, and Cece rolled in late friday night. We proceeded to do what any good patriotic American family would do - we got drunk. This included a walk over to Jersey after the bars in Pennsylvania had closed for the evening.

Day 3 - Saturday

I could really say a lot about Saturday. It was a great day. Beth’s parents - Walt and Maureen threw a great party for all involved. It was set on in the rural hillsides of Pennsylvania. I’ll just try to limit my description of the day to a few concise one word descriptors. You take the pictures and make what you want of them. Rain, tractor, strapless, mud, stuck, capirosca, boss.

Day 4 - Sunday

We awoke in the morning to the rain finally having passed from Ernesto. We hopped in the car, drove back to Philly, and I endured another 5 hours on the plane back to Seattle, too tired to read, too uncomfortable to sleep.

All in all a fine trip, Labor Day weekend aside. If this hasn’t given you enough to think about, Aaron is even more camera happy than I am. His post on the matter is located in this direction, while I think the majority of his picture can be found over this way (all 187 of them).