A Boat Wedding ???

The shakedown cruise proved to be a great evening with the guys,
Now we have Dustin listed as one of the guys, WOW I feel old.
But that's OK . Dustin is really a great young man . Dennis I'm sure
is proud. For those who don't know Dustin , he's Dennis' son and being 
just one year older than my own son Dylan I can relate , It's always
great to have either of the boys along for the ride. 
So as I mentioned in my earlier post it was a dual duty shakedown and
since the boat felt good and the spot was perfect, I sure seems that it's
game on. Or in this case wedding on!
After washing and provisioning the boat on Friday afternoon we excitedly 
waited for the wedding moment to be upon us. Now you must understand 
that I didn't rebuild the Fuelishness for this task, but since the timing was
right ,it was time to stand and deliver. 
Saturday came and Wedding day was here !!! Suzanne and I slipped into
our finest boating attire and headed for the boat. Many people were already 
at the marina and on J dock preparing for the moment. We boarded our guests
for the 4:00 cruise and cast off. Our mission now was to mark the spot and
gather the other boats around us. It wasn't long and we had a hook in the
bottom and boats tied to both sides several wide. In the distance we saw the
wedding boat approaching. The excitement began to build and in no time we
had the Cuda tied to the stern cleats of the Fuelishness.

This is the Cuda backing up to us with Capt Dave Wickenhauser at the controls.
By the way Dave made this look real easy, it wasn't , and being the pro that he is
he never let us see him sweat. Thanks Dave

So once we were all in place the wedding began with Judge  Grounds great statement
"Ladies and Gentleman, fellow Boaters" we are gathered here today !!!  Well you know the
rest and it was exciting, and maybe even a few tears of joy were shed. Personally I'm
very happy for my friend and his wife, I think they make a nice couple !!!!

                                  Truly a moment I was proud to share with my friends !!!

    Now with everyone happily married and Steel drum music in the background we
toasted to the newlyweds and bid them farewell as they cruised back to Alton Marina
for the reception.

  We took the long way home and went for a well deserved ride with a wonderful sunset
to follow, the time spent with friends is always the best.

It was a great night for boating and a wedding and we were treated to a 
drop dead killer sunset. Few things in life are as sweet as the time we spend 
with our friends. ( I know I said it twice). 
This does kind of bring us full circle and that gets me to a point that I wish 
to share some thoughts with everyone. 


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