Wedding Day

   

(You can see larger version of the photos below by clicking on them; and/or visit the Wedding Photos page). The photographer took these with Scott's digital camera; we'll supplement with the "regular" camera photos later. Some day.

You already know the place: we were married at the Blue Waters Inn, in the tiny hamlet of Speyside, Tobago. The Blue Waters is in Bateaux Bay, a stunning inlet toward the "far" corner of the island.

We began with pictures just about on time at 10:00am with De Lancy, the Photographer. Scott, Kathy and Wedding Arranger Ingrid were there, making the Assembled Present three. Quite a manageable number, we think. Add the Minister and Mr. Jordan from the Inland Revenue Office; a total of five of us.

We were married on a jetty in the middle of Bateaux Bay. Literally in the middle,  with water around us on all sides. The sun shown brightly — rather a contrast from some of the earlier, mischievous weather. But Mother Nature wasn't completely without mischief today, either. Read on...

The ceremony is formal but casual, the Island Way. Mercifully brief: we exchange the Minister's supplied vows, and our own, do the kiss thing, run back to our room, conveniently located feet from the wedding site, and have hours of loud, passionate sex. 

The "consummation" has got to wait; after the ceremony's done there're more pictures to be taken, so everybody who couldn't make it (which is to say, "everybody") can "oooh", and "aaah" vicariously at how lovely the Bride is, and what a large, expressive nose the Groom has. And there are forms to be filled out, witnesses to witness, handshakes & congratulations. Payments to be made... this is starting to sound like a wedding for crying out loud! Oh, right.

We had one small mishap, just at the end of the ceremony, the wind picked up dramatically, and blew the envelopes with the money for the Minister and Photographer, right into the water! A nearby swimmer jumped from the dock into the water and rescued it. None of the cash was lost; Ingrid quietly took it away and blow-dried it. It lacked some of the appeal of new, crisp bills, but was equally negotiable.

We'd brought two bottles of wine down to Tobago, a really nice bottle of champagne, and a decent bottle of Medoc. We met with the head Chef at the Blue Water's restaurant, and she's arranged a picnic lunch at our suite. The BWI's food is none too exciting (particularly when contrasted with spicy Caribbean fare) but made us some local specialties, tasty, and more than enough to supply us another meal yet. By the time we finished the champagne it's past noon and conveniently time for siesta anyway. We fall asleep in one-another's arms, and you'll not hear more, of what follows.

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