I Do. I Do. Kiss the Bride . . .and They're Off!

We were in the town of Salt Lick, Kentucky (don’t even begin to say you know where this is at) on July 29 for the wedding of my niece Shon. It was probably appropriate the wedding took place in Kentucky because the length was not much more than that of the annual horse race in Louisville. A total of 12 lengths, I mean, minutes! Hey, end result was still the same for other weddings that take longer. They were still married.

Shon was marrying one Joseph Byrd. None of us up here in Indiana had the opportunity to meet him ahead of time. But he seems like a nice enough guy and I think he’ll take good care of Shon. He has a three year old daughter, Jayce, from a previous marriage, who he really adores and who adores Shon. So, we wish them the best.

While in town for the wedding, we had the opportunity to spend some time with Dorene’s brother, Robert, and his wife, Connie. They live out in the country in Kentucky where Robert has 6 horses. He currently is a truck driver, while not too long ago retiring from the National Guard. He just started the truck route and is really enjoying it.

We took the kids over and they cooked us dinner and then gave the kids rides on their horses. Anna rode Duke, the pony of the bunch. Cameron rode Duke and all the others, including BP, a very big horse. He didn’t want to go too fast because he said he didn’t have any cowboy boots. We rectified this problem the next day, although we weren’t able to return to the horses, so we’ll see if Cameron will still decide to go faster. Anna is city girl, Cameron is county boy, it’s as simple as that.

We stayed down the rode at the Journey’s End Lodge, a 16-room lodge located on a horse ranch. It was actually a very nice place, and cheap at only $65.00 a night. But it was well kept up, a nice pool, and the owners were very friendly. We’ll definitely be back.

After the wedding, we headed down to Lake Cumberland where Dorene’s parents have a cabin. We spent three days down there and Anna was surprised to no end by the appearance of one of her friends, Abigail. Abigail and her mom, Michelle and sister, Emma, visited from Tennessee. They at one time lived in South Bend but had since moved to Chicago, then Pennsylvania, and now Tennessee where Curt (the dad) works for Nissan. They drive a Ford minivan, but never mind. This is a wonderful family and we really miss them so it was really good to see them again, albeit for a very short time. We’ll have to make plans to visit them someday in Tennessee. They live just south of Nashville, so we can take in all the country music sites when we go there. Uh huh, yeah right. We’ll just go straight to their house.