Down Booties Said Yes!

“Game on...Fridge will have to find something else to give me grief about next time ;)”

“I'm hoping that's somebody's trailname!”

“Good Toph.... what kind did you buy?

a little behind hu Tilt......Start backpacking dude.......
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“Fridge, did you notice your pic albums are broke?”

“OH, I backpack.... I've been at it about 25 years now.         Dude.

When your gear starts talking back, it's time for therapy.”

“Center sapphire with princess cut diamonds on each side.”

“congratulations toph and down booties I think you two will be good for each other”

“That should have been diamond "baguettes" not princess cut.

Thanks HOI...I think so too.”

“Is the wedding gonna be at the Sipsey?”

“Ohhh, I thought he was making fun of himself and saying he bought down booties and had jewelry on them, ala, feminie. I now realized he's actually saying he's engages. A little slow on the uptake this morning. Congrats.”

“well dayhiker if you had been at the last Sipsey trip you might have had a clue”

“So the booty is like down?”

“Congratulations to both of you, and may you have many happy years together!”

“Well hell, I thought the same thing dayhiker thought.

I was thinking wtf is going on about half way through the tread.”

“Well hell, I thought the same thing dayhiker thought.

chili
10:01:14 AM
12/10/07

I'm not sure if that should make me feel better or worse 8)”

“Ya'll should have read the entire thread about the last Sipsey trip, then you would know. Or at leat showed up on a trip, LOL. I don't know what fridge was thinking, he's just got gear on the brain.”

“I did read that thread......6 weeks ago.”

“Yeah, we need another trip to Sipsey real soon.”

“toph and I are playing what-if/where for one in late Feb or early March.”

“ST - No, we really haven't gotten that far yet but it won't be at the Sipsey. I did propose Logan Pass in Glacier NP but that was vetoed pretty quickly :(

If anyone has any recommendations for a cool place to have the wedding in eastern TN or western NC (or just about anywhere in the SE actually, just not "Biltmore expensive")...pass 'em along. We're going to make a list and sometime after the new year take a little 3-4 day road trip to check some of 'em out.

DH - You better get it on the calendar quick because we're probably looking at March to tie the knot and I'd hate to have to reschedule the wedding :)


Many thanks for the congrats everyone.”

“The Boone/Blowing Rock area is nice. This is in upper WNC.

You're making her plan a wedding in 3-4 months? You got balls my boy.”

“I'm not making her do diddly...it's a mutual decision. Neither of us sees much point in an extended engagement and there's a complicating factor of the best man's wife expecting a child in mid-late April which probably eliminates his ability to travel a month or so on either side of that time. We also figure that the majority of the places we would be interested in hosting it would probably already be booked in May and beyond. Who knows...it's all still pretty new at this point and we have lots to talk about.”

“Elope, and have a big party a little later.”

“I just know how, uh, defensive ladies can get on wedding planning.

I'm researching areas in Asheville for an office retreat in the same timeframe. I'll pass along anything I find. Blowing Rock is a really nice area but sits at a higher elevation and would probably still be winter then.

Highlands, NC is another nice area.

How big is the wedding party? I imagine you're looking at something where you could get 50 rooms or so without a problem?

I found a killer place in Asheville then saw their "Value Room" as they termed it was almost $400 per night. Moving right along.... I do need to get back to looking at places though, but I'll wind up with a good bit more flexibility since I only need 7 rooms”

“Heck yeah, hop a plane to Jamaica”

“Congratulations, you two!

May I suggest the First African Church on Cumberland Island, GA?

I bet Bama would be happy to cater the reception :)”

“Oooh, good idea, Gojo! Cumberland Island rocks!”

“Down Booty is a rare find these days.....Your a lucky man.. but of course, you knew that....”

“Check out the PATC, they have cabins for rent. There are some around Mt. Rogers. Charit Creek Hostel in Big South.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj/mr/recreation/cabins/index.shtml”

“:-)”

“Lake Lure,NC has an awesome spot right on the lake for weddings with Chimney Rock in the background.This is also the very spot where "Dirty Dancing"the movie took place!
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“Thanks everyone for your sentiments...they are much appreciated.

Spam - That place does look right up our alley and i have passed it along to the Booty for review ;)

gojo - weddings at the Inn on Cumberland look to run approximately $47k...yikes.”

“Chimney Rocks is the place where the chase scenes from Last of the Mohicans was filmed. Gosh, that movie is almost 20 years old now.”

“Woooo Hoooo congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Congrats Ya'll, You done well Toph.


BAMA”

“Anyone have any experience with the Richmond Hill Inn in Asheville?

http://www.richmondhillinn.com/”

“Looks nice.”

“Ok, now I get what is going on! Congratulations Toph! I love to hear wedding news. Make sure to post some pictures!”

“Very nice...they have a spot open near the end of June unbelievably and we're going up this weekend to take a look. The rooms are outrageously expensive ($230-500+ per night/2 night min) so I doubt most if any of our party could afford to actually stay there.

Just wanted to get anyone's feedback to see if there are any additional questions we should ask them while we're there that we might not consider.”

“Will do Creek Dancer and thanks...”