2024
ROAD TRIP
DAY THREE
Airbnb — Wedding — Back Again
26 miles
Day three was much lighter on the driving. That is to say, we only drove to the wedding and then back to the Airbnb (which also happened to be where the reception took place; this was especially nice because we didn’t have to drive after the reception, which would have been quite the hassle, not to mention slightly illegal). Anna woke up before Jack, shocking absolutely nobody. Anna didn’t make breakfast for him, but she did tell the person who was making breakfast that Jack would, in fact, want breakfast. Close enough. The line for the bathroom was really long, partly due to several of the boys leaving the shower running in order to turn the bathroom into a steam room, which peeved Anna, but which Jack didn’t mind because he woke up after everyone else and by then the bathroom was free. He was slightly annoyed by the lack of hot water, but that’s a minor detail. The wedding mass wasn’t until 3, so naturally we weren’t ready in time because we had so much of it (time, that is). But we looked awesome, so there’s that.
Oh, also, the wedding was for Ellie Osmer and Rafael Pintor. Apparently, I never actually mentioned their names. Well, there you go.
There weren’t very many exciting road trip incidents that happened this day, so we thought we’d just criticize the wedding instead. First of all, we loved it. Absolutely awesome. Way better than all the rest. No no don’t put that. You’re not just writing what I’m saying are you? We decided to rank the weddings, and this was the best of them. Don’t actually put that, either. JACK!
The marriage was beautiful, and definitely appeared valid to our professional, untrained eyes. The groom walked down the aisle first, which was a surprise because we thought he had just decided not to show up. Then the bride walked down, and she was beautiful. Obviously. Also, there was a little toddler next to us who kept squawking and stealing our program, but she didn’t affect the validity of the sacrament, so we didn’t mind her that much.
When we first got to the reception we were starving, and so we were really looking forward to the appetizers. There was one server at the reception who was carrying around a plate of bacon-wrapped potatoes, which made us feel like real Idahoans (Idahoes?). There was also a server carrying around a plate that had mini kebabs that consisted of a cucumber slice, a green olive, and a bit of watermelon. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem, and they were quite refreshing, but unfortunately they weren’t very substantial, and we were super hungry because we hadn’t eaten since breakfast. So, every time we tried to find the elusive bacon potato guy, the cucumber kebab girl would show up in front of us and offer us kebabs, with that pleading look in her eye that only a server who knows they are offering the worse option can have. Thankfully, we managed to avoid her pleading gaze most of the time, and we happily munched on the sweet, sweet nectar of bacon and potatoes until dinner was ready.
The tables looked awesome. They looked like the embodiment of a Pinterest board. One of the decorations on the tables were flowers that had fruit of the same color grouped around them. While we were busy discussing whether the fruit could be eaten or not, Jack decided to go for it anyway, and Anna looked on in bemused horror.
Oh you thought we meant Jack? No no, this was JACK, not Jack. And it was ANNA who was watching him with horror, not Anna. Jack was well-behaved the whole time, and Anna only looked on with love, not like Anna looking at Jack at the moment that he threw caution to the winds and dove upon the decorative fruit.
Another thing they had at the wedding was a cart that was making little ice cream bowls, but the ice cream was made with fresh sheep’s milk. The ice cream was delicious and super rich, and only a little wooly. 10/10 would recommend.
The dance floor was 50% people bobbing their heads up and down, 49% TACers going crazy and carrying the party, and 1% Jack and Anna swing dancing (both Jack and Annas). It was a wild time. Also, the bar served Jameson and gingers, which Jack was super stoked about.
All of the speakers at the wedding were excellent. Father Marczewski, the priest who celebrated the wedding, said an excellent grace, in which he entreated the bride and groom to look at each other, and think to themselves that in twenty-five years they would love each other even more then they did on their wedding day. The father of the bride in his speech casually pointed out that Ellie’s great-grandmother had 34 great-grandchildren when she died, and that Ellie’s mom really would like to be a grandma some day. Ellie’s two sisters explained that Ellie was a wonderful older sister that they look up to more and more every time they get to know her better, and also that Ellie will be great with kids because she had lots of experiential knowledge of what not to do with little siblings, er I mean kids. Rafael’s best man told everyone how he witnessed Rafael transform into the best version of himself as soon as he met Ellie, and that even though he (the best man) had never really met Ellie, he felt like he really did know her through the influence she had on his best friend. Jack pointed out to Anna that as bad as the Camry was, at least it had a metal bumper. Anna thought that this wasn’t really relevant to Ellie or Rafael.
After a super exciting party we went to bed, because sleep is good and we had a busy day ahead of us. All in all, an excellent party to really get our road trip into gear.
