Last weekend, we hit the road and headed south to Mississippi to see Nikki and Henry get married. Nikki and Dave were in Peace Corps Panamá together and lived just a few towns away from each other while out there. Anzuelo and Nikki's dog, Elfrida, are actually siblings (same father) and used to play together whenever they saw each other so it was especially exciting to see how they'd react to each other.
The drive itself wasn't terrible. Initially, Dave wanted to do the 16 hour drive in one sitting. I was completely against it... I love driving but couldn't see being on the road that long after both of us had worked during the day. Dave's schedule allows him to have every other Friday off and we were fortunate that last Friday was one of those. We used that to our advantage and left DC on Thursday when he got off work (I finished nannying an hour before he was off).
I can't begin to express how gorgeous it is out here on the road. California is definitely beautiful but that long stretch of 5 through Central California doesn't come close to any part of 81 (I'll admit though that I do miss that drive on 5 going from the Bay to SD). We stopped for dinner at this yummy place called Macado's in Christansburg, VA.. I read it as mah-CAH-doughs... I guess it's technically pronounced MACK-a-doos. No matter how you choose to pronounce it, definitely stop there if you get the chance! They've got tons of locations.
We spent the night in Chattanooga, TN and then headed for Paul B. Johnson State Park in Mississippi. We spent the rest of Friday catching up with Nikki and Henry, watching the dogs play, and exploring Hattiesburg.
The wedding was on Saturday. It was the perfect little ceremony. I heard at one point that there were only 42 people there - perfectly intimate. Nikki and Henry looked so happy the entire day and I'm so glad that we got to share in the day. Dave was one of the "groomsmen" and "dog wrangler" as both Anz and Elfrita were in the wedding too.
We headed back to Chattanooga that night to get a head start on the trip home. We both had work Monday morning and I didn't want to have to wake up incredibly early AND arrive extremely late. People have commented about how short of a visit it was when compared to the length of the drive. I think it was totally worth it!
Enjoy the video and photos!
5 comments:
How awesome!!! I love driving but that does sound rough. Glad you guys planned it out just right. The pictures are beautiful. I can just imagine. Oh and I love your dress in the pic. Gorgeous!
Thanks! Gotta love Forever 21. Hahaha.
Hey Maria! It was great to see ya'll and thanks for coming all that way. The day was really special for alot of reasons. The pics are cute, be sure and email me some copies :)
Definitely! And thank you again for inviting us. We're both so glad that we got to spend the day with the two of you.
The Video is great. I love the dogs and I love the guys walking out to the wedding site and the preacher pictures. Thank you for coming to the wedding. It was really nice of you guys to make that long drive!
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