July Weddingnumerodos

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Sally and Glenn!

This was the first inaugural eco-challenge wedding. We traversed bogs, beaches, slippery earth, and streams to make it to the wedding site on Narrow Cape. We McGuyvered the cap off the sparkling cider so the kids could celebrate. And we provided (inadvertently) the thrill of an Easter-Egg-like-hunt for the wedding rings. Here's the setting.



We knew it was a good omen to head over to Narrow Cape when we saw this family of foxes.

It was a lovely wedding, with a few splashes of blue sky. We hiked over to Narrow Cape, after discovering that Pasagshak was fogged in. Somebody, and I'm not naming any names, was given the wedding rings to hold before we started off. And somebody, and again I'm not naming any names, lost those wedding rings just prior to and/or during the treacherous river crossing en-route.

Needless to say, one of the people there, who also happened to be officiating the ceremony, felt an Alaska size sinking in his stomach when he reached into his pocket to present the rings. They were not there. Talk about taking the fun out of a Lapacaca!

Fortunately, the joke was on the officiant, because the rings fell out of his pocket in a clearly visible shallow portion of the raging river. The groom happened to look down as he was crossing. He noticed two shiny metallic items. He investigated further, and was able to reproduce the rings at the appropriate time during the ceremony. Fortunately, this happened before any excessive grovelling, heart failure, or soiling of the pants by the officiant.

Tension breaker! Here are the rings, safe and sound:




Some initial celebrating.

After the official vows were made, we eco-challenged back over to Pasagshak and celebrated by eating cake and surfing.

In case you were wondering, yes, that groom on the cake is a green iron man.

Mmmm... the leaning tower of glazed creampuffs! (Thanks, Amanda!)

My sincere apologies go out to the best man regarding the near death experience. I hope you will give surfing one more chance!

Hooray to Sally and Glenn! Happy Ouzinkie adventuring! (And please consider moving to Chiniak in a few years so we can send our kids to school there and get them more exposure to Sally's amazing positive attitude!)