Cheryl & Bills Wedding

Oct 11 2003

More photos added Dec 29 2003

This is a road trip to Cheryl and Bills wedding. R2 has been invited to be the ring bearer. Knowing that bad droid karma exists, Heath agreed to come and bring his R2 to act as a backup in case my R2 decides to give me attitude.

These are only a few photos of the weekend as I was busy every so often running R2. There hold be more photos later

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On the road to Heath's place

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The rear view

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R2 spreads out in the back of the van

 

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Some rain

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At Heath's place ready to load up the van

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Duty free. Almost ready for the border. The customs official had an interesting day. It didn't take too long which is what I was really worried about. My worst fear is that they would have us empty the van. I think they were amused and a bit surprised as I think the guy forgot a few of the standard questions.

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Both R2s relax and surprises some drivers.

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Heath's R2 gets a side window

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The view that a lot of surprised people got.

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The view that the border guard had when we drove up.

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With a site like this it was no wonder we had quite a few stares. A lot of smiling faces and thumbs up. I did get a few people tailgate me or sped up to take a closer look.

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This is our room and our R2s ready to go.

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The standard Don Bies pose. This is becoming our standard picture where ever we take R2

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The bride and groom meet R2 and R2. This is our first time meeting them and they are great people.

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Both R2s are checked out to make sure everything is fine and batteries are charged

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My R2

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Heath's R2

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For a change it is Heath's R2 that needs repairs instead of mine. I think Heath has a whole photo album of me fixing one thing or another on my R2. It turns out that the entire hotel is covered in carpet which made turning of R2s a bit hard. The extra strain from the carpet may have contributed to Heath's spring pin coming out of his motor drive shaft

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Photos of the wedding cake

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R2s get ready for the wedding. The bow ties were Heath's idea and were a big hit

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It is hot in trooper armour. From left to right is Heath, Marshal and Jake. It turned out that they were all R2 Builders. Marshall is a great guy that I had already met at C2 and again at Heath's summit

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Ice sculpture

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The other ice sculpture

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Ep1 Yoda

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The bride and groom and certain family members. The little girl was the flower girl who at first was very excited to meet r2. On the day of the wedding she was terrified of R2. Probably because of the size of R2. As the day went on she grew less and less afraid of R2.

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Group shots

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Troopers survive on alcohol

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The troopers try and corrupt R2 but R2 knows better

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Oh no what are they doing to poor R2?

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The troopers mistake R2 as a trash can after they have drunken too much

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Heath tries out some armour

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The end of the party and the troopers are trying to do the can-can. Not very well according to this picture

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Young Jedi Alex also in the can-can line

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At the end of a very long but fun day and Marshall can still smile for the camera

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The Mid Ohio Garrison van

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Marshall, Heath and Jake ready for a good nights sleep.

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More Photos added from the 501st

Updated Dec 29 2003

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Here is the flower girl finally comfortable with R2 and loving the attention.

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The Scout Trooper (Marshall) approves of the cake.

 

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Sampling the food

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Star Wars weddings are the best

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Next Generation Trooper?

 

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Trooping can be hot. How the troopers cool down.

 

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Even troopers can do the can-can

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After a hard day of trooping they grab a few winks wherever they can.

   

 

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