Trip within a trip

While we were at the Cape, we took a four day trip into Massachusetts. Our first stop was Hannah's varsity town Northampton / Amherst (they are bordering towns). We met up and stayed with Hannah's great friend Julie who still lives and now teaches in Northampton. Kara, Beth and Marc met up with us as well so it was great to have everyone together.

Kara, Julie, Hannah and Beth!

One of the reasons (excuses) was to go to the Iron Horse bar and watch Liam Finn, who is the son of Neil Finn (founder of Crowded House). He is basically a one-man show and he uses looping effects to record different instruments and combine them to make his songs - amazing! There was a funny moment when he saw a woman in front sms'ing on her cellphone, he jumped on her table and started doing a guitar solo. He changed the chorus of the next song to "Solo in her face"!















The golden rule - don't sit in the front...EVER!

We played a game of disc golf on a course in the middle of a forest. By it's nature, a forest is full of trees. This forest was particularly full of trees and thus our game was more challenging than normal. Basically I hit a lot of trees.

The background was the thinnest the forest got!

We spent the night with Hannah's cousin, Clover, her husband Geoff and their son, Parker. Clover is a wedding planner and had two weddings the next day but we went to a local pub for a few beers. We went for a beautiful hike with Parker and Geoff the next morning in a glen behind their house.

In the afternoon, we drove to Cheshire to stay with Beth's parents as Beth and Marc were having the american leg of their wedding celebration (their wedding was held in New Zealand in Aug 2007). Not all the family and friends could attend so they held a celebration for all these people!

The frisbee wedding cake!

Beth's family lives in Cheshire, Massachusetts which is a beautiful semi-urban area in the Berkshires. There was plenty of food and even more beer so a great night was had by all. Beth's dad have saved a pile of wood big enough to build a barn as he wanted a bonfire, a big bonfire!!

It was still burning the next day...















Yes, it really was that big!