A Much Needed Week End!

I shot a nice little wedding Saturday. The Bride is a police officer and the Groom a Marine Sargeant. The coolest thing was when they exited the church. There was a full Marine Honor Guard with drawn swords. The couple walked under the swords into a courtyard where the guest had gathered. Now here is where it got funny. When they walked under the swords, the guard (and the groom) purposely made it where they came to a fountain and had to stop walking. The Honor Guard Commander barked out some orders and the guard side step two steps behind the couple who was still facing the fountian. He barked out another order and they all pointed their swords to the ground...all except the commander who gave one more command, raised his sword in the air and whacked the bride in the butt with it! Must be a Marine thing... ooh rah!

This morning I got up early, took care of a couple of chores around the house and then pulled my 1100 Vstar out of the shop. What a perfect Florida day!
Sunny and 63 degrees...got up to 72! Wow, a ride was just what I needed. I lost a friend and work companion to a senseless car crash this week. An unlicenced, drunk driver ran a light and T-boned him. Now, my friends, I like a couple of cold beers during my Bucs games...I love a fine wine...and the Irish in me has been known to have a wee bit of the whiskey once and awhile...BUT, please let someone else do the driving or stay at home. Anything to avoid something a tragic as this. OK...I'm off the soap box now!

I took a ride up to a neat little bar and grill called the Baypoint Inn. Nothing around it...sits on a bayou that leads out to the Gulf of Mexico. The deck out back had live music and the food is really good. I had the all-you-can-eat fish, cole slaw and some great homemade french onion soup and a diet coke! Taked with a few fellow bikers, listen to some tunes and headed home through the winding back roads. Was great! On my "Things I love to do" list, riding my motorcycle comes right after taking photographs!