Weddings

Biking in February took a backseat because of two weddings. On the 13Th my daughter Kristi married Matt in a nice ceremony on a public beach in New Port Richie, Fl. It was a sunset ceremony attended by family and a few US Coast Guard friends of Matt's. Also, about 35 well wishers that came to see the beautiful sunset showed appreciation of their union by rendering a rousing applause at ceremony's end. Under ideal conditions Kristi and Matt exchanged their written pledges of love and devotion, although it did take Kristi a short while to fish hers out. As the bright orange sun sank into the blueish green water we all toasted Kristi and Matt with champagne compliments of Jack, a fellow "coastie".

On the 23rd Theresa and I headed to NC for wedding number two. Along the way we stopped in Georgia and spent a couple of days with her aunt and uncle and then arrived at my sister Cynthia's in Shelby, NC on Wednesday the 25Th. The next day we met Becky, a high school friend, and her handsome son, Will at Red Bridges Bar-B-Que for lunch. Now, if you want good pork and hush puppies and you just happen to be driving 74 highway through Shelby, Red's the place. After we spent a couple of hours trying to catch up on years of living, it was off to Maggie Valley. The wedding of my great niece Anndrea and Josh was on Saturday. Beautiful ceremony, lots of family members on both sides of the union, in a quaint chapel in the pines of the mountains of NC. Remember, February, mountains, cold, wet, can and did equal....SNOW!

Sunday we got up early and raced ten hours south to Gainsville, Fl to avoid a March storm that crossed the south. We got back home Tuesday to the howling welcome of our three Papillons. This is Friday-haven't been on the bike yet. Hard to get motivated after being off the bike for a couple of weeks. Got to do better and get my lazy butt moving as April is fast approaching.