As usual, we parked The Bus at Ottumwa City Park directly across from the "shelter house". This is our preferred site because we have no neighbors, great satellite reception and a bucolic view of the park, trees and geese. Little did we know that we were in for a wedding crasher adventure. When we learned that a wedding was going to take place in the shelter we were sure that either the bride or groom was related to Nancy or related to a friend (after all, we are in IA!) We were right. It turns out that the groom is the nephew of Nancy's childhood friend, John (See photos, below). John was accompanied by his daughter Elizabeth who just graduated from high school(see photo).
What a fantastic wedding it was! We were concerned because the day started out with rain and some pretty serious winds. This was the wedding of Jamie Taylor and Jacob Vanderpool, a beautiful young couple. The ceremony started with the bride and groom arriving by horse driven carriage and ended with them departing the same way...what a delightful and memorable sight that was.
Following the ceremony there was plenty of food and dancing. I thought that the cake was particularly moist and tasty. 
