This weekend I traveled to KY to attend my sweet friend Emilie's wedding. The wedding took place in Harrodsburg, KY. Ever heard of it? Yeah, neither had I. We decided to drive since plane tickets seemed outrageous and the trip was only about 
eight hours total of which we really only had to do 6.5 at once and then we were going to do the rest the next day. That didn't seem so bad....that is until I started driving it. Let's keep in mind that I did not consult a map before I set out on this journey. I just relied on good ole Garmin to get me there. As fancy as Garmin is, it really needs to let you know about toll roads...of course maybe it does, I never did read the manual. Let's just say I miss the days of when the toll was .25 cents and it was a gamble when you made the toss if you were actually going to get it in the basket or not. Nope, now days tolls are no longer in cents...they are in dollars...and multiple dollars at that. Six dollars later we were greeted with a sign.."Thank you for traveling on the West Virginia Turnpike". Yeah, as if we had a choice! It should say..."West Virginia thanks you for your money...sucker!".
eight hours total of which we really only had to do 6.5 at once and then we were going to do the rest the next day. That didn't seem so bad....that is until I started driving it. Let's keep in mind that I did not consult a map before I set out on this journey. I just relied on good ole Garmin to get me there. As fancy as Garmin is, it really needs to let you know about toll roads...of course maybe it does, I never did read the manual. Let's just say I miss the days of when the toll was .25 cents and it was a gamble when you made the toss if you were actually going to get it in the basket or not. Nope, now days tolls are no longer in cents...they are in dollars...and multiple dollars at that. Six dollars later we were greeted with a sign.."Thank you for traveling on the West Virginia Turnpike". Yeah, as if we had a choice! It should say..."West Virginia thanks you for your money...sucker!".Our trip through the mountains of West Virginia seemed to take forever! It was dark and I think that made it worse. I was so excited to see our destination for the evening show up on the GPS with the big checkered flag, Ashland, KY....what a sweet sight! My friend Cat, who was traveling with me, was just as ready to be there are I was and I recall her saying something like..."ah, soon we'll be seeing the 'Welcome to Kentucky' sign". Except we didn't see a "Welcome to Kentucky" sign....we saw a "Welcome to Ohio" sign! What?? How did we end up in Ohio? We were in West Virginia?? So, if you recall from earlier in this post that I did not consult a map before heading out on my journey...well, I also failed to brush up on my U.S. geography. Who knew I would need it, but apparently I did, because I had no idea that Ohio bordered Kentucky. Needless to say we were only in Ohio briefly and we did make it to our destination.
The wedding took place in a small country church that had no indoor plumbing. Yes, you read that right, no indoor plumbing.
You know what the means right? It had an outhouse. You know what else that means? It means that I didn't have anything to drink all day because I was not about to have to use that 
thing. It didn't even have the half moon cut out so light could shine in. I would have had to take a flashlight (or my cell phone since that is what everyone uses for a flashlight these days) or gamble with leaving the door cracked and having someone walk in on me. Although the odds were probably pretty slim that anyone else would actually want to use it either so I'd have probably been safe, but I didn't want to find out.
The reception was held at Shaker Village. It is also where a lot of the out of town guests stayed, including myself. I honestly did not know what to expect when I arrived at Shaker Village. I had no idea of the vast amounts of land on the property. I thought I was going to run out of gas just driving from where I was staying to where the bride was staying...yes all in Shaker Village. I just knew that at any minute the "Little House on the Prairie" theme song was going to start playing. I did learn a little bit about the Shakers though while I was there. They do not believe in sex or marriage. Maybe that is why I didn't see a lot of Shakers while I was there. In one of the main buildings they had two stair cases...one side for the men to go up and one side for the women to go up. I went up both, just to be a rebel! :-) I didn't get a the opportunity to tour the village as I would have liked, I'm sure it would have been fascinating.
You know what the means right? It had an outhouse. You know what else that means? It means that I didn't have anything to drink all day because I was not about to have to use that 
thing. It didn't even have the half moon cut out so light could shine in. I would have had to take a flashlight (or my cell phone since that is what everyone uses for a flashlight these days) or gamble with leaving the door cracked and having someone walk in on me. Although the odds were probably pretty slim that anyone else would actually want to use it either so I'd have probably been safe, but I didn't want to find out.The reception was held at Shaker Village. It is also where a lot of the out of town guests stayed, including myself. I honestly did not know what to expect when I arrived at Shaker Village. I had no idea of the vast amounts of land on the property. I thought I was going to run out of gas just driving from where I was staying to where the bride was staying...yes all in Shaker Village. I just knew that at any minute the "Little House on the Prairie" theme song was going to start playing. I did learn a little bit about the Shakers though while I was there. They do not believe in sex or marriage. Maybe that is why I didn't see a lot of Shakers while I was there. In one of the main buildings they had two stair cases...one side for the men to go up and one side for the women to go up. I went up both, just to be a rebel! :-) I didn't get a the opportunity to tour the village as I would have liked, I'm sure it would have been fascinating.
Although the weekend was a tiring one, it was wonderful and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I was happy that I was able to be there and witness two wonderful people being joined together in marriage. I love you Em and M....may God bless you both in your new life together.
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