destination weddings part I

The thing I like about destination weddings is that I get to tour or play in *usually* a very pretty part of the world. For our family friend's wedding August 8th, 2008, I did just that bicycling around this gorgeous lake pictured to the right. It was 50 beautiful difficult lonely miles where I enjoyed hardly any vehicle traffic, tough hills to climb, and amazing vistas. Many wild flowers grow here like Queen Anne's Lace, those purple sickle like things, and various pink and white soft petaled weeds. The water is an iridescent color of blue rivaled only by a black opal I once owned (and lost on a bike trail only to have s'one find it but refuse to return it; color similar to this though my stone was unrivaled). This lake is 315 feet deep and super cold, though that didn't keep me from snorkeling back when I was twelve years old.

I started the day with only a handful of freshly picked black cherries and two oranges. Six miles into the ride I found myself on a short stretch of highway linking the local roads and a great small market known for it's smoked fish. I grabbed a yogurt and owner-made turkey jerky along with some other snacks. I pretty much ate nonstop on the road trip snacking perhaps every thirty minutes. I highly recommend FruitFast dried fruit bars with chocolate.. this is like heaven in your mouth; order here.

Having been told 'no' two weeks earlier when I offered to help with last minute details the day of the wedding I still felt a little guilty that I didn't offer myself up to my friend to decorate for the wedding when arriving the reception site saw that it was a little 'light'. It was still beautiful of course and I'm sure no one noticed. As soon as the tent flaps were raised, the lake surrounded our bluff and no one looked 'inside' anymore.