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This should be a post about our friends’ lovely lodge wedding last month, but I was too busy catching up with old friends and having fun to take pictures. All of our married friends have thrown truly stellar weddings; and even though North Carolina is quite a hike from Philadelphia, I’m so glad we were able to attend and subsequently drive back along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was spectacular.
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These are mostly photos of our drive back, but here’s a couple of our creekside campsite at the wedding location.
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Mountain ash berries! I couldn’t get over the color of these.
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We got to this campground at dusk and had to quickly pick a campsite so we could set up our tent before it got dark. Then we roasted hot dogs and slept on a bed of leaves, but the real prize was waking up to this view the next day.
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Remind me to thank our friends for having their wedding in the mountains of North Carolina on the most gorgeous weekend of my favorite season.