the fontainebleau is lovely. it's a big old farmhouse, completely refinished inside. massive banquet hall. the property borders the lake, so there's a little dock with a few boats, and a launching ramp a few feet down the shore. the ceremony would take place close to the water, at the only semi-level area under a massive, ancient oak. (i think it was an oak. i could be wrong.) if the weather was bad, we'd move to the chapel, and that's the part that worries me. it's a bit of a hike from the inn backyard through the woods to the chapel. so first of all, if it started to pour, everyone would be thoroughly soaked, and then they'd get to sit in an un-airconditioned pew for an hour. second, people who can't walk/otherwise transport themselves terribly well would have a hard time getting to it. we could provide transportation (would that be delegated to the groomsmen, p'raps?), but the chapel has no parking lot (just some stairs down to the road), and there's only so many cars you can park on a windy road with almost no shoulder. i guess whoever drove would drop people off and drive back to the parking lot?
bad weather aside, i could see the whole thing. i could see kids running around playing tag, i could see friends and family milling with plates of goodies, i could see the cake set up in the buffet room. i could see the flower girl tossing daisy heads and star flowers. i could see anible and i, standing under the tree, surrounded by happy people in white folding chairs. heh, i was even having visions of the red sky (our '69 rhodes bantam) clipping up and down cayuta lake...(probably not a feasible idea for people in wedding attire, but it'd be so neat).