My sister got married on Saturday.
Bride's Father, brother(me), and groom were at the home where the wedding
was to take place a little more than an hour before the nuptials were to
commence when the telephone rings.
The groom answers the telephone and goes all pale with a weird look on his
face. The photographer has hit a power pole on this road and he thinks the
lines are going to crash down on his car. Brother and groom head down the
road in a 4x4 (the road is crap in the Summer and today it's covered with
ice...) to see what can be done. Power is still on at the house.
In a forest full of trees, he's hit the only available power pole and it's
lying on the ground when we arrive on the scene.
The road to the house is blocked with live power lines and the bride, her
mother, HER mother, and my wife are minutes from the scene.
T-65 minutes and counting.
The Sheriff arrives down the road but can't come up because his car won't go
on the road.
The fire company arrives.
The ambulance arrives (nobody's hurt, thankfully)
We hear that the power is now off at the house.
I took the 4x4 to the main road, traveling over the gas-pipeline that runs
past the house.
The bride's party arrives, seeing the police and I explain the situation.
They can scarcely believe my tale.
Others are beginning to arrive so we ferry them up the pipeline in the 4x4s.
Make-up is hard to apply in a home with no lights.
Hair can not be curled.
Toilets can't be flushed because the home has a well and no power to pump
the water.
The photographer shoots the photos of the bride and her party preparing.
It's not like he's going anywhere, his Jeep is totaled.
T-10 minutes and I'm still at the road, waiting for guests who might be
late. I'm wearing Levi's and a T-shirt.
at T-5 I'm hauling booty back to the house. I get dressed in a suit and tie
faster than ever before.
The wedding goes off with almost no hitches. (no matches are around to light
the unity candle...)
I shot video (conscripted). I shot some photos but my kids later made fun
of my recharging AF280T...
The photographer rode with us to town for the reception.
He was thoroughly mortified but very relieved that he'd been stranded out in
the woods with a bride and family whose power he knocked-out right before
the wedding and we didn't even kill him.
He offered the kind neighbor lady who's telephone he'd used to call us a
major hook-up on her daughters' senior photos.
He'd been engaged to make photos of the wedding and provide the images at
the lowest cost possible. I think he's going to give my sister a major
hook-up as well.
I was really amused by the whole situation. My sister was alright and not
terribly off-put. the power was on again by the time we returned from the
reception.
The photographer shall remain nameless here. It really wasn't his fault.
It was NOT Tom VanVeen :)
Cory
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