Rodney & Mary’s Wedding & Party
Rodney and Mary, my little sister, got married this past weekend in Ft Myers, FL. She was a beautiful bride and I have to say he was a hansom groom.
BUT…
The party started way before the wedding ended, a couple of days before. Mary and Rodney are members of the Hash House Harriers. So when I arrived on my motorcycle at 0030 Friday morning, I was met by Rodney holding a bottle of Rum. We chatted about my ride down, bikes, my sister, and the wedding. Then I went to my room and changed into some shorts and met the others by the pool. Course with there being a lot of Hasher’s there, shorts was not good enough and I had to go back and put on my swim suit.
There was a lot of stories told as I learned the Hasher names of my sister’s friends and they learned about me. There was beer tossed from the balcony to the pool, rum drank, swimming in the Gulf, and a lot of joking around. Of course the night ended as few hours later and the next started just a few hours later. We all did breakfast/lunch together and hit the beach again.
We played on the beach and in the pool all afternoon till time to get ready for the Wedding Rehearsal, but the jokes and horsing around didn’t.
Then the partying started again. We hit several bars found another bride and groom and did a lot of celebrating!!
Please forgive me for that last picture, I couldn’t resist taking a picture of my sister and Bobby doing this dorky dance. We all laughed at them out on the floor. We did a pup crawl, but I think we all agreed that the Beached Whale was the best. (We went back there several times.)
After hitting the bars, we went back to The Edison Beach House, changed into our swim suites, drank and partied some more.
Some time early the next morning we all went to bed and tried to get some sleep before the big even later that day. But we couldn’t let the whole day go by without doing a hash. Someone laid trail and we followed….drinking, joking, and having fun all the way.
Once we got to the last pup, The Beached Whale, we chugged as few. Of course, since this was my first hash, I was considered a virgin and had to chug a beer.
There was lots of chugging going on. BUT, as sister to the bride, I was under orders to make sure the groom and groomsmen didn’t get ”trashed”! The job was easy. Rodney, John, and Bobby behaved themselves very well. But they did have to chug a few. They couldn’t miss out on all the fun!
Then is came time to head back and get ready for the wedding.
I have to say, My sister was a VERY beautiful bride and I don’t think anyone could have asked for a more perfect wedding. The weather was perfect, not to hot, not to much wind, and the sunset was a perfect background!
Then came time to the reception at Charlie’s BoatHouse. The food and drink was great! One of Mary’s hasher friends was the DJ. They cut the cake, and then we danced.
I am very happy for Rodney and Mary and wish them all the best. If this weekend and the wedding are any indication of the life these two are going to have together….. it is going to be one of the great ones!
I love you Sis!
And Rodney..welcome to the family, we love you too!
