> 18 hour drive between states? We have to cross Canada or lots and lots of water. Nearest is, like, an several-hour *flight.*

The point being 18 hours would still be too long to go to a wedding of people I've never met in person, I think. But of course I was being completely facetious in that letter. New York isn't tiny, though I'm sure there are more states larger than it than smaller. New Hampshire and Massachusetts are among the smallest in the union.

You're correct that New Hampshire and Vermont (and tsk, tsk -- you should know the states by heart!) are adjacent to each other. Vermont is just west of New Hampshire, and one is shaped roughly like the other one upside down. New York is just west of Vermont (and extending further south). Massachusetts is south of New Hampshire.

From where we are in the state, we've only got about a 50 minute drive to get to Mass, and we can get to New York in two or three hours. The western end of New York would take some time to get to, but it would be quite manageable.