June 26, 2021
Well, it’s official…..Guy and Katelyn are married! Wow! It’s almost impossible to believe how good life can be sometimes. Katelyn is warm, kind, caring, beautiful and Guy is head over heals in love with her. They are a perfect match. The wedding was a beautiful event, small and intimate, with about 38 guests. They wanted a small wedding from the beginning, the idea of a big event with lots of people was overwhelming to them. So they planned a beautiful, very personal, ceremony and dinner celebration. It could not have been better.
We moved the RV to a new (to us) RV park – Lebanon Hills Regional Park – a county park, in a suburb on the southern side of the Twin Cities. We really enjoyed it, lots of grass, trails to walk Gerry and campfires allowed. And it was much closer to all the wedding activities than Crystal Springs. We’ll be back to this park again for sure, assuming we can get reservations. They go fast. I got lucky this spring and happened upon the website on the “opening day” of reservations. They were full within a couple of hours for the entire season!
Samantha flew in from Denver and stayed with us in the new RV and Gerry was delighted! Stephanie and Matt opted for a hotel for their get-away-with-no-children visit and Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Laura and Brooke also flew in and stayed at a hotel. Was great having family visit and to share some of our favorite spots around the Twin Cities with them. We rarely get to have all the kids together anymore, with all three of them living in different cities all over the country – what a joy it was to all be together again!
I find myself at a loss of words (I know! Who would think….?!!) about all the feelings and emotions watching Guy and Katelyn be married. Happy. Amazed at how perfect they are together. Tears of joy (there were lots!). Proud. Can’t wait to watch them grow together. Our hearts are full!
We left a couple of days after the wedding to begin our journey west. We stopped in Sioux Falls, SD to tend to a few residency matters. Yes! I forgot to mention in my last post – we are now residents of South Dakota! We are not in Ohio long enough to be required to claim it as our residence, and South Dakota makes it easy to become a resident. And, taxes are much better – so we changed our residency this spring! Until we decide where to live if/when we decide we’re done with the RV life, this works. I had read about many full time RVers making South Dakota their state of residency and did some research, and it turns out it was right for us too.
I’m writing this post in a very nice RV park in Spearfish, South Dakota – Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort. In the Black Hills region. We arrived yesterday, and plan to get our hiking legs under us with a couple of hikes, lots of naps (we are tired!) and generally relax. And soak in the wonder of life – which is very good, indeed.
The photographer provided a few “sneak peak” photos – we can’t wait to see them all!
And in the link below are some photos we took at the wedding – enjoy! https://photos.app.goo.gl/6Xud8KPg11FrhXyw7