Travel dissonance. I woke up before dawn in Pittsburgh, in frost. By 1pm I was rolling by the Gulf of Mexico with the windows down, to take a walk on the beach.

I stayed in Gulfport, MS. It was adequate, in parts even lovely...

Other parts, like the miles of chain stores and casinos... less pretty.

Yes I arrived exactly on time... or a close approximation thereof.

Lovely ceremony on the beach

Mary looked lovely

They've got a look...

Enthusiastic crowd

It was not a large group who made it out. A very reasonable sized group.

The ceremony incorporated several guest speakers reading pieces. From the wind, we could only hear some of them. This was Mary's brother.

Another speaker, Todd's brother-in-law.

And another, Aron Schmid...

An advantage of a wedding in the sand is "shoes optional". Evidence that Mary took advantage of it.

The minister was an old friend of Todd's, with the finest in ULC ordination credentials.

The big moment...

Tag back... now YOU'RE it

The key is to incorporate cute little girls.

And off they go...

...to the zillion required wedding shots.

It quickly emptied, leaving only the concept of a wedding ceremony.

The weather was great, including the sunset (not well captured here)

She's watching him...

Can you feel the instinct?

Yet another of the n^2 combination of pictures they needed.

Another wedding started soon after the Schmidt-Leonhardt one ended.

It was a great deal larger and more elaborate... and probably not as much fun.

Must... get... through... we're... al-... most... done!

Todd and Mary show off that they can dance.

Although I have evidence -- see picture -- that Todd was using a Heads Up display in his glasses for instruction.

Fidget and Forget are really similar words, and Forget and Regret rhyme. But I doubt that's the case here.