Life has been busy since my last post, as there are lots of details about our wedding to figure out. We've got the main pieces mostly sorted, which include a venue. Until things are 100% firm I won't give details, but here are a few teaser pictures.
It's rural setting, and we had an adventurous time getting there and away.
On the way there, we hit a deer! I was driving, and I saw a shape moving to my right. It bounded out in front of the car, and I had to quickly stop. I didn't stop fast enough though, and delivered a hard blow to the poor fawn. I did eventually stop, and the fawn rolled out from under the bumper, looked at us through the window, and then bounced away, apparently no worse for wear. We were happy the deer didn't die, and happy that the car appeared unscathed.
When we were leaving, the deer still fresh in our minds, a huge cow wandered across the road. Not a dairy cow, but a huge meat cow that probably weighed more than my car. I quickly stomped on the brakes, and the was able to miss this moving bovine wall. He continued to amble across the road.
Carmella and I were discussing wedding food as we made our way to the possible venue, and thought it would have been cheap and easy to simply serve fresh venison. The problem was that our venison got up and ran away.
On our way back from the venue, reflecting on that missed opportunity, we were almost provided with another quality meat option. Again, we weren't able to take advantage of another free meal, as my instincts to stop were greater than my desire to butcher, transport, and store a few tonnes of sirloin. Also, the cost of a new vehicle would put a larger than expected surcharge onto the initial cost of the meat.
We've got our venue mostly sorted out, and have had a few meal ideas slip away. We'll have to firm up the menu later, but until then, I think the best thing to do is attach a trailer to the car (which already has a trailer hitch, thanks to Grandpa's driveway paving business) and drive on dark roads a lot. With the trailer, transporting fresh, quality meat will no longer be a problem!
