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LET IT BE KNOWN.
I HAVE TAKEN A WIFE.
The past few months have been busier than a tick on cow farm for me. I havent been on as much as I would like or have been able to put out work/fun as much due to this one crowning day. Ridiculous amounts of planning, trips to Raleigh, calls, and arrangements had to be made for something that could be so simple. Oh well! Such is the 2nd day of January, that has past, a day of nuptial super novas, as I have now been married and have taken a Mrs!!!!
(keep checking threads for more wedding pictures once I receive them!!)
But seriously lets get to the important points:
Groomsman gifts: Cold Steel Bushmans, cigars.
Knife used to cut grooms cake (Southern Tradition) at rehearsal dinner one of the grooms bushmen.
12 machetes were used as photoprops with the bridal party (pictures once I get them)
Knife used to cut cake at wedding: Condor 18 outback machete! ( I will have pictures later, once the photographer/photographs come in.
The Wedding day went faster than a pup eating a pork chop. Some of my groomsman had never put a tux on, but they did well. Im surprised one of them didnt melt coming into the church. I personally brought the box of 12 machetes with me to put in the limo. The actual ceremony was beautiful in an 1820s church in Raleigh. The reception was at the Museum of History in Raleigh, and was crazy. There was a surprise rehearsed dance from Mama Mia that the whole bridal party did. It was hilarious and of course did not go nearly as planned, but it still surprised everyone, especially considering most of the groomsman cant dance. The cake was cut with a machete, an it was fun watching the look on my uncle (chef)s face when I did extremely well cutting a perfect slice, and then serving it, with the 18 inch beast. Cigars were lit outside, and I finished mine in Costa Rica. As per the Romanian heritage of my side of the family, we did a few fun bandana dances, pillow ceremonies, and did the normal wedding shenanigans as well. At the end of the night we retreated in a shower of sparklers!
We prepared that night for Costa Rica, and left at 4 in the morning for the trip to the all inclusive resort. Now this presents a stumbling block for one Joe Q. Zilla. Honeymoon + Costa Rica. Joe, the crack head for machetes, Reptiles, and bugs, and the jungle. Combine that with me and you have the poster child for ADHD and bandages. I had to focus on Ashley and not on the herptiles that paraded their colors around me the entire trip. With a severe chewing out on the line, my first honey do of marriage was accomplished. (Yes I know that opens up the flood gates to just wait and here comes the ball in chain anecdotes) You only get one Honeymoon Joe, and youll have plenty of chances to come back to Costa Rica. What can I say, she was right, and I still caught 4 iguanas by hand without getting kicked out of the resort. I must say that all inclusive is the way to go. Iguanas or not, being able to drink your fill of Pina Coladas, rum, and whiskey in a tropical pool has its merits even for someone who eats bugs. The all inclusive allowed me to rent a bike and take it around the trails. Ash and I really bonded as well, as the canopy tour was fun and the sunset boat trips were great, and she still enjoyed it when I got a boatman to take us out on the river to look for American Crocodiles. We saw so many animals to add to the life list, including iguanas, indo-pacific geckos (not a new add), basilisks, white faced and howler monkeys, coatimundis, a whino raccoon, scorpions, acacia ants ( 8 stings from them), white lined bats, Variegated Squirrels, cane toads, and a bunch of other critters. I even got to drive a uni-mog and play with the lockers on it. Fantastic!
I did a bit of machete sleuthing and found that Imacasa was the most widely used brand of machete down there. Ive gotten used to the look I get when I ask the locals 18 billion questions in poor Spanish. Whats this Crazy gringo want with machetes? I finally figured it out when I realized how confused I would be if a tourist came off the street and asked me to swing a hammer while they took a picture. There were Bellotas as well, and an old version of Corneta which turned out to be Imacasa, cleverly without a made in logo. I had a chance to go to a few dirty hardware stores and saw the classic machete del suelo, the odd machete humpback style that seems to be a preference for grass cutting down there.. Popular latin style machetes ranged from 20 to 24 inches, and most locals had Costa Rican made leather sheaths that have a detachable frog on them. Some of the locals had custom versions with files, and even a file grounded to a knife attached to them. The normal price for these were around $5 -$9. I saw a shorter 14 Imacasa machete with a pretty sheath, and a Price of about $28 but I knew I could find one better than that somewhere. Sadly, I didnt find one for the handy 14 size but picked up a 20 and 2 22 sheaths. Ill get pictures up of the smaller cute grass machetes later. On the last day I woke up at 5 am and went bush in the surrounding areas near the resort, and almost got peed on by a territorial howler monkey while taking pictures. I found a snake skin, but no snakes. Not perturbed though, as it only gives a reason to go back there. Costa Rica was a fantastic place, it showed its recent boom in tourism well. It didnt have the extreme feel of Peru at the place where I was at. There is lots of money in this country, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to go to Central or South America for the first time.
Grooms cake (rehearsal dinner)
will post more wedding pictures later once I get them
Costa Rica
I HAVE TAKEN A WIFE.
The past few months have been busier than a tick on cow farm for me. I havent been on as much as I would like or have been able to put out work/fun as much due to this one crowning day. Ridiculous amounts of planning, trips to Raleigh, calls, and arrangements had to be made for something that could be so simple. Oh well! Such is the 2nd day of January, that has past, a day of nuptial super novas, as I have now been married and have taken a Mrs!!!!
(keep checking threads for more wedding pictures once I receive them!!)
But seriously lets get to the important points:
Groomsman gifts: Cold Steel Bushmans, cigars.
Knife used to cut grooms cake (Southern Tradition) at rehearsal dinner one of the grooms bushmen.
12 machetes were used as photoprops with the bridal party (pictures once I get them)
Knife used to cut cake at wedding: Condor 18 outback machete! ( I will have pictures later, once the photographer/photographs come in.
The Wedding day went faster than a pup eating a pork chop. Some of my groomsman had never put a tux on, but they did well. Im surprised one of them didnt melt coming into the church. I personally brought the box of 12 machetes with me to put in the limo. The actual ceremony was beautiful in an 1820s church in Raleigh. The reception was at the Museum of History in Raleigh, and was crazy. There was a surprise rehearsed dance from Mama Mia that the whole bridal party did. It was hilarious and of course did not go nearly as planned, but it still surprised everyone, especially considering most of the groomsman cant dance. The cake was cut with a machete, an it was fun watching the look on my uncle (chef)s face when I did extremely well cutting a perfect slice, and then serving it, with the 18 inch beast. Cigars were lit outside, and I finished mine in Costa Rica. As per the Romanian heritage of my side of the family, we did a few fun bandana dances, pillow ceremonies, and did the normal wedding shenanigans as well. At the end of the night we retreated in a shower of sparklers!
We prepared that night for Costa Rica, and left at 4 in the morning for the trip to the all inclusive resort. Now this presents a stumbling block for one Joe Q. Zilla. Honeymoon + Costa Rica. Joe, the crack head for machetes, Reptiles, and bugs, and the jungle. Combine that with me and you have the poster child for ADHD and bandages. I had to focus on Ashley and not on the herptiles that paraded their colors around me the entire trip. With a severe chewing out on the line, my first honey do of marriage was accomplished. (Yes I know that opens up the flood gates to just wait and here comes the ball in chain anecdotes) You only get one Honeymoon Joe, and youll have plenty of chances to come back to Costa Rica. What can I say, she was right, and I still caught 4 iguanas by hand without getting kicked out of the resort. I must say that all inclusive is the way to go. Iguanas or not, being able to drink your fill of Pina Coladas, rum, and whiskey in a tropical pool has its merits even for someone who eats bugs. The all inclusive allowed me to rent a bike and take it around the trails. Ash and I really bonded as well, as the canopy tour was fun and the sunset boat trips were great, and she still enjoyed it when I got a boatman to take us out on the river to look for American Crocodiles. We saw so many animals to add to the life list, including iguanas, indo-pacific geckos (not a new add), basilisks, white faced and howler monkeys, coatimundis, a whino raccoon, scorpions, acacia ants ( 8 stings from them), white lined bats, Variegated Squirrels, cane toads, and a bunch of other critters. I even got to drive a uni-mog and play with the lockers on it. Fantastic!
I did a bit of machete sleuthing and found that Imacasa was the most widely used brand of machete down there. Ive gotten used to the look I get when I ask the locals 18 billion questions in poor Spanish. Whats this Crazy gringo want with machetes? I finally figured it out when I realized how confused I would be if a tourist came off the street and asked me to swing a hammer while they took a picture. There were Bellotas as well, and an old version of Corneta which turned out to be Imacasa, cleverly without a made in logo. I had a chance to go to a few dirty hardware stores and saw the classic machete del suelo, the odd machete humpback style that seems to be a preference for grass cutting down there.. Popular latin style machetes ranged from 20 to 24 inches, and most locals had Costa Rican made leather sheaths that have a detachable frog on them. Some of the locals had custom versions with files, and even a file grounded to a knife attached to them. The normal price for these were around $5 -$9. I saw a shorter 14 Imacasa machete with a pretty sheath, and a Price of about $28 but I knew I could find one better than that somewhere. Sadly, I didnt find one for the handy 14 size but picked up a 20 and 2 22 sheaths. Ill get pictures up of the smaller cute grass machetes later. On the last day I woke up at 5 am and went bush in the surrounding areas near the resort, and almost got peed on by a territorial howler monkey while taking pictures. I found a snake skin, but no snakes. Not perturbed though, as it only gives a reason to go back there. Costa Rica was a fantastic place, it showed its recent boom in tourism well. It didnt have the extreme feel of Peru at the place where I was at. There is lots of money in this country, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to go to Central or South America for the first time.
Grooms cake (rehearsal dinner)
will post more wedding pictures later once I get them
Costa Rica
