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Vacation West Wedding

   June 30, wedding day,  we left our cabin driving to the little town of Whitehall, for my niece's wedding. The town was small with very little other than a sandwich shop where we had lunch. Since we made it into town early, I had hopes of checking into the hotel early, and maybe use the pool. I called and they would not allow early check in and there was no pool. We arrived to our sketchy hotel around 3:00. The hotel had no elevator, we were on the second floor and the outside door to the building  had a broken lock, so anyone could freely come and go. This hotel was right off the interstate old, smelly, dirty, and stuffy. I had reservations for 2 rooms, one for the boys and one for us girls. Somehow the hotel had us down for one room. Our room was small with two queens and luckily we were able to get a rollaway. The bathroom was small and all 4 us us needed to get ready and change for the wedding. Noah didn't help matters and decided that it would be a good time for a self haircut. He started hacking away with hair falling all around the sink. It was hot, crowded, and hairy in our room. This was the only hotel with an hour of the wedding. Karen and Orrie, along with several others all shared a house 40 minutes away. It was a hot Montana day for the wedding with a hot breeze and temps around 95. The wedding was outdoors and the reception was in a barn without any air condition. I am not sure how Torrie and Jake found this little town in the middle of nowhere Montana, but this is where they wanted to be married. It was a lovely backdrop and a beautiful wedding. The copper K barn is a historical barn built in the 1800's. There were ruins from the Parrot Castle smelter complex., used for mining purposes. It made for some very interesting pictures. We had a great meal of prime rib and all the fixings. It was very very hot in the barn. Karen and Torrie canned over 100 jars of jelly for all the guests ahead of time. They were liquifying on the tables. After eating, guests sat in chairs outside where it was a little cooler. Not many people danced, maybe because it was so hot. Around 10:00 people were starting to take down tables and pack up decorations. By 11:00 everyone was gone. It all happened so fast and it felt like we just got there. Torrie and Jake had a great turn out for being so many miles from Iowa. I think they wanted a small wedding and were surprised at the number of guests who came. It was a special day and lots of memories were made with all the families and the travel adventures. It was fun to compare stories and find out where people had visited and stayed.  Jake R. plans to farm and Torrie will complete vet school. She will live in Ames and complete 4 years of college. 






























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