Well, I'm an idiot. I got about forty miles away and realized that I forgot to actually bring the gift. I contemplated going back to get it (I probably had time), but decided that I would just give it to
I got to the Newton area in plenty of time for the wedding, so I went a little farther west and checked out Dale Jarrett's store in Hickory. That was pretty neat. I'll probably go back again sometime. Maybe I can get on their mailing list and find out when they'll have drivers over for autograph sessions and the like. I already know that Tony Stewart and someone else will be there the Thursday before Bristol. Maybe I'll go check it out.
I decided it was time to go to the wedding so that I would be sure not to be late. The directions to the church were excellent. I arrived in plenty of time. A little while after I arrived, several of my co-workers arrived as well and we all hung out together for the ceremony and the reception. It was a very nice ceremony and a great reception. The groomsmen were all handsome, as was
After enjoying the reception for a few hours, I headed home. I stopped twice for some geocaching fun, a regular cache and a micro cache. I was successful in finding both of them. My first find was near an old covered bridge (yes, we have a covered bridge in North Carolina, and it is quite cool): OL' BRIDGE. This was quite a fun little hike in the woods and a nice find. The container was big enough for me to drop the Travel Bug I've been carrying: the Geocaching Poem Travel Bug, so I did. Perhaps the next person to find the bug will be inspired by the bridge in their poetic endeavors. I was happy to move the bug west in it's travels. Perhaps now it'll get out of the Triad area, where it's been hanging out for a while. The second find of the day was a micro-cache I found in a graveyard: A Grave Situation #2. It was pretty neat looking for a micro-cache in this graveyard. It was really neat looking at all of the old tombstones. I didn't have time to stay very long, however, as it started to rain a little and I didn't want to get too wet. So I jumped back in the car and headed home.
Now, to put the finishing touches on my Sunday School lesson and head to bed.