Elmer Fudd Attack At Wedding

 

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's Wedding: Oh, The Irony!

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

The irony in this will likely escape a lot of people. But not me.

The Albuquerque Journal reported:

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is finally tying the knot with longtime fiancé Manuel Cordova.

The governor and Cordova will get married May 21 in Washington, D.C., with Vice President Kamala Harris set to officiate the ceremony, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.

The couple will then hold a celebration for family and friends in New Mexico in late May.

The irony is that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been under fire for having settled a groping lawsuit by a former male campaign worker with campaign money. It has been reported the she paid around $150,000 to settle. You know the old saying, "Where there's smoke, there's fire." Now, it is reported that Kamala Harris is going to "officiate" Lujan Grisham's May wedding at the vice-presidential residence. 

Nothing like having the groper's wedding officiated by one who has "slept her way to the top." Harris has been referred to as "Heels up Harris" by actor James Woods due to her history. I didn't know vice presidents can officiate weddings like a minister, priest or a ship's captain. 

Ah, well. Birds of a feather flock together, eh?

To read more, go here.

Mitch & Holly's Wedding

Above, before the ceremony, Holly, Michael and Mitch Geriminsky. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It was kind of a weird feeling yesterday being at the Las Vegas wedding chapel where I got married back in 1987 (that marriage didn't work out too well). Mitch married Holly yesterday in it. He married his first wife there in 1976. Now he married his third wife, Holly, there.

Above, the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The Little Church of the West was located on the Southern End of Las Vegas Blvd. this time. Originally, it was located in front of the Hacienda Hotel (now long gone) and then moved to the front of the Frontier Hotel (now also long gone).

It still looked the same as I remembered it.

The chapel doesn't allow any video or photographs inside during the ceremony. I did take a few before the ceremony started and they accompany this blog post.

Mitch's son Michael served as Best Man.

Following the wedding, we migrated to Famous Dave's BBQ Restaurant on Blue Diamond Road for dinner.

Above, Holly, Michael and Mitch. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the newlyweds at the head table. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the dress code called for that hat.

Above, such a dignified wedding dinner. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Mitch and Holly cutting the cake. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Came Home To Snow

Above, Interstate 40 about five miles from home. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Today was a long day of traveling back home to New Mexico from Las Vegas for Mitch Geriminsky's wedding.

It started with a 7:00 morning flight from Las Vegas to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to catch my flight to Albuquerque.

I was on pins and needles the whole time as it appeared that the Vegas plane wouldn't make it on time in DFW for the Albuquerque flight.

Fortunately, the Albuquerque flight was delayed, so I made it to the gate on time.

Above, this evening with more snow falling. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

I arrived in Albuquque around 2:30 and then drove The Beast to Jamestown. It was windy out, but there was no snow for most of the way until I reached the Prewitt, New Mexico area. Then it started snowing in earnest at Continental Divide. I consider myself lucky. I was expecting snowy conditions most of the way from Albuquerque.

At home, there was about 2 inches of fresh snow on the the ground. It started snowing when I was unloading The Beast and hooking up the power cable to keep the holding tanks from freezing.

It was a good trip to Las Vegas. But it would have been better if American Airlines didn't cut things close for connecting flights. 

I'll try to put The Beast into the GOCO Beast Barn tomorrow, weather permitting.

Las Vegas

 Some pics of Las Vegas. 

  

Rain and Snow

It looks like it'll be rainy and/or snowy in Jamestown, New Mexico starting tonight through Tuesday.

I am headed to Las Vegas for Mitch Geriminsky's wedding. It'll be at the Little Church of the West on the Las Vegas Strip. I haven't been there since my wedding in 1986. I was first there in 1976 when Mitch was married to his first wife.

The church will live stream the ceremony at 2:30 tomorrow.

Things may get interesting Sunday when my plane comes in from Las Vegas to the Albuquerque Sunport and then the drive back. Thankfully, I have new tires on The Beast, which will help. 

According to the National Weather Service:

Today

Patchy freezing fog before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 8pm and 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday

A slight chance of snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Monday

A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.

Monday Night

Snow showers. Low around 14. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday

Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 33.

Wedding Weather?

Above, yesterday's snow and the GOCO Beast Barn this morning. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

This week is going to be interesting. And I am not talking about the inauguration.

I will be heading to Las Vegas this weekend to attend Mitch Geriminsky's wedding and there may be snow showers for most of the week and weekend in New Mexico.

Hopefully, the weather won't affect my flights to and from Albuquerque. If, by chance the flights are canceled, at least the wedding will be live streamed.

In Las Vegas, it won't exactly be "wedding weather", although according to an old Landrover commercial, it is supposedly good luck to have rain on one's wedding day. We'll se.

The Las Vegas forecast:

Friday

A 10 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

I have to go into Gallup to deposit my check from the class-action lawsuit of the Corn Seed Settlement Program from my farm ownership days. 

According to the National Weather Service, the rest of the week and weekend is shaping up in New Mexico as follows:

Today

A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind around 5 mph becoming south in the evening.

Thursday

A chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Saturday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sunday

A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

Onward and Upward

Now that the drama over the November election is over, although not in the way I would have preferred, we can now get on with our lives, even with the specter of coronavirus hanging over our heads.

As for me, I will be taking a little mini-vacation this month to Fort Worth-Dallas to see the new John Wayne exhibit, John Wayne: American Experience, at the Fort Worth Stockyards and other attractions in and around those cities in Texas.

Then, later this month, Mitch Geriminsky and his girlfriend Holly will be tying the knot in Las Vegas and I will be going there. (He dropped that bombshell last night.) I managed to get a good package deal for my flights and hotel through Travelocity. It has been ages since I last booked anything through them and I was surprised that I am still in their system.

As President Nixon used to say, "Onward and upward!"

C'est la vie.

Hawaii Governor Extends Travel Quarantine To June 30

Above, the Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon and the Hilton Hawaiian Village at Waikiki. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The latest news out of Hawaii is not good for people who are planning to vacation there and who plan on having a Hawaiian wedding. I have friends whose daughter is planning a July wedding in Hawaii. The latest is cutting it awfully close.

The Maui News reported:

Gov. David Ige has extended the state’s 14-day travel quarantine through June 30, though he added that more businesses, such as gyms, theaters and churches, could begin reopening next month. 

Ige signed his 8th supplemental emergency proclamation Monday, extending the quarantine for both out-of-state and interisland arrivals. At a news conference, he outlined a reopening and recovery plan for the state, which he said is now entering the “act with care” phase. 

Activities that may resume under the new phase include indoor gatherings, such as places of worship and indoor exercise facilities, along with museums and theaters. Businesses, however, must open with physical distancing and safe practices in place.

Restaurants, which have been allowed to offer takeout until now, may also open for dine-in options, though larger venues and bars and clubs cannot reopen yet, according to the state’s plan.

To read more, go here.

Grand Teton National Park Increasing Special-Use Fees In 2020

Above, elk in a meadow with Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons in the background. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Grand Teton National Park has announced that special-use permit fees will increase next year.

According to the Post Register:

Grand Teton National Park announced last week that it will be charging more in 2020 for special-use permits on things such as weddings and commercial filming. 

The park said after a review of the special-use permit program and comparing fees collected with operational costs associated with that use, park officials deemed an increase was needed. Operational costs include staff time, maintenance, patrol, monitoring and cleaning associated with a particular special use.

To read more, go here. 

Stroll Down Memory Lane

This morning, I was scanning some old photos for yucks on Facebook, so I thought I would share them here as well.

Above, yours truly and Glenn Thornhill at the plaque dedication of Hart mining town in the Mojave Desert
 with the Billy Holcomb Chapter, ECV in October 1984. This was one of the first clamp-outs we attended.

Above, Robert McArthur, Glenn Thornhill and Arleigh Kerr at Kerr's wedding, February 1985. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the Purple Gang of the California Republic at Arleigh Kerr's wedding, February 1985.

Grand Teton To Raise Fees On Weddings and Other Activities

Above, Grand Teton National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

If you are planning to get married at Grand Teton National Park, you'll have to pay more in fees for this and other activities in the coming year.

The Great Falls Tribune reported:

JACKSON, Wyo. — Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming will increase fees for various permits, including backcountry camping, weddings and motor boats. 

Park spokesman Andrew White said the fee adjustment is part of the park's annual review of programs. 

"It's not a response to any sort of budget issue," White said. "We're just making sure we're recovering the cost associated with these programs."

To see what the new fees are, go here. 

Just Desserts

This video reminds me of somebody, although no wedding was involved or anything like the situation described in the video. It is just about these kinds of people, who use others as an ATM and then, at the same time, treat them disrespectfully, that rings a bell.

JTB Offers Weddings On Mt. Fuji For Foreign Tourists

Above, a bullet train view of Mount Fuji. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

If you are about to get married, but are stumped as to where to hold the wedding ceremony, here's an idea to make "that special day" even more special.

The Japan Times reported:

Major travel agency JTB Corp. has launched a package tour that allows tourists from overseas to hold a wedding ceremony on Mount Fuji, dressed in traditional kimono. 

The tour, named Wedding above Clouds at Mount Fuji in Japan, is being offered by the company’s regional unit, JTB Tokyo Metropolitan Corp. 

During the two-day tour, the wedding ceremony will be held at Komitake Shrine at Mount Fuji’s fifth station, which is located at an elevation of 2,340 meters.

Sound intriguing? To read more, go here. 

Chrissy & Ziggy

It has been said that families don't get together except for weddings and funerals.

Fortunately, this time it was for a wedding.

Above, Aunt Glo, Cousin Julie and I.

Above, daughter Amber and I.

Above, Cousin Maria and Amber.

Above, Ashley's speech to the bride and groom.

Above, Aunt Glo stlll dancin' in her 80s.

Above, Audrey and Amber blowing bubbles.

Above, the couple's first dance.

Congratulations, Andrew & Julie Kerr!

My old friend Arleigh Kerr emailed some photos of his son Andrew's wedding in Cincinnati, Ohio with a little narrative on the proceedings.

Here's his description of the rehearsal:

Back to reality after a wonderful long weekend in Cincinnati. Really nice wedding. The bride was beautiful, the groom handsome. After the rehearsal, while the rest of the wedding party went directly to the restaurant for the rehearsal dinner Julie’s father, Brian, and I drove to the Templeton house, changed into our kilts and then went on to the restaurant. Everyone was surprised. Both fathers looked great in our kilts. I gave a very nice toast – without screwing up. Dinner went well. 

It was cold outside, temperature hovered right around freezing all four days. Snow flurries every day. And I might add, that 50 feet or so I had to walk from the car into the restaurant – in my kilt – was the longest, coldest 50 feet I’ve ever had to walk. I gained a lot respect for those kilt-wearing Scotsmen of old.

Well, yes.  One would have to respect Scotsmen of old as they wore nothing under their kilts (I guess you can say they "went commando").  Did the two dads also go "commando"?

Here's a photo of the two dads in their kilts with my friend Arleigh on the left, his son Andrew (the groom) in the center, and Brian, the bride's father on the right:

On the wedding, Arleigh wrote:

Following day at the wedding, the 150 guests were piped into the reception by a bagpiper. Rather than one humongous stacked wedding cake with Thomas Dewey on top, they had 5 medium-large sized cakes for the 140-150 people. Each one different. One was “Julie’s cake” with flowers similar to those on her wedding dress. Another was “Andrew’s cake” with the Kerr tartan printed around the edge. Yeah, a perfect copy of the Kerr tartan printed in red and green (with edible ink on fondant). Absolutely amazing.  

Of course, everyone wants to see the bride, so here she is being escorted by her father:

Glad to see everything went off without a hitch (well, one hitch, but that was planned).  It is kind of weird that Arleigh's son is now married.  I remember being in Arleigh's wedding party back in the 1980s.  Seems almost like yesterday.

Congratulations!