Roadtrips and Weddings

This past weekend I went on a short roadtrip up to south-eastern Wisconsin to attend a friend's wedding. It was a little bit of a haul, so I budgeted a lot of time as a buffer, just to be sure I would make it to the church on time.  As it turns out, there's very little traffic on a Saturday morning at 7am, and so I didn't have any worries about being late.

While growing up, I lived in Wisconsin for a while and left it as soon as I possibly could, but sometimes I forget just how beautiful that state really is. I lived up in the central region and, thanks to some ancient glaciers, it is really flat. In southern Wisconsin, also thanks to some ancient glaciers, there are lots of rolling hills. But, sprinkled throughout both the areas flattened by the glaciers and the hillier parts which were pushed in front of the glacier, there are these random rock outcroppings.

some of my siblings and me (in the orange) on a rock, way back in the summer of 2003

I have great memories of climbing around on various rocks from when I was a kid, so when I passed some on my way to the wedding, I decided to go investigate.

This one was called Castle Rock and there was a plaque of information and some picnic tables too. I would have climbed up to check out the actual rock, I had the time after all, but as it was a warm summer morning and I was dressed for a wedding, I thought better of it and satisfied myself by walking up to the foot of the rock and snapping its picture.

Then, it was on to the wedding. It was really lovely! The ceremony was outdoors and the weather cooperated and everything. I always enjoy seeing how each couple makes their wedding their own. This one had lots of handmade decorations and the bride even baked her own wedding cake!

Hooray for the happy couple!