From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: WEdding and etcetera [ Part 5 ]
Organization: OFSA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:48:25 GMT

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September 19 - 28 : The HONEYMOON....oooh baby..:)
This is the last post, sorry it has taken so long, we tried to keep it
brief, Part 5 of 5.
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> ======
> the wedding and reception are over...Julie and I are ready to embark
> on our honeymoon!
> ======
> 
> 	A final look around the shelterhouse and I lock the door.
> My kids are going to be dropped off by my parents and Julie's are 
> with her sister and we are OUT of there! We stop by the tux/bridal
> shop and I take in the clothes while Julie deposits the wedding gift
> checks we had received. The lady at the shop says" I'll be with you
> in just a few minutes" and I answer "Here are the clothes, talk with 
> you in a week, we are gone!". I leave the store and we get in the
> maroon Cutlass Supreme and drive off.

	It was such an amazing feeling to be driving away with my HUSBAND!
He looked so handsome (he wore one of my favorite shirts...*slurp*)...
To be holding hands.....and looking at our beautiful wedding rings on our
fingers...WOW!

> 
> 	We leave town and drive to Seymour, Indiana. There we lodge
> at a Knight's Inn and eat at the Cracker Barrel, a nice, quaint place. 
> Julie tries to convince me the waitress has the hots for me and I admit
> she IS rather more attentive than the usual waitress but I am sure it
> is just a coincidence. We retire to the room and after an exhausting 
> although estactic night, we head south towards MAdison, Indiana. Yes, we
> don't travel far on our honeymoon, but it is picturesque. Actually, it is
> nice to be fairly close since we don't waste a lot of time on the road.

Well, she hardly noticed me and didn't even ask if MY steak was ok.  And
that stupid smile that crossed her face EVERYTIME SHE LOOKED AT YOU.  But,
seriously, I wasn't jealous.  She had good taste.  Only made me MORE proud
to be seen with Steven Salter...MY husband and forever soulmate....

Our first night together as husband and wife was so lovely.  To collapse
in one another's arms, the content feeling that we belong to one another...
forever....that I would be falling asleep in his arms always.....

> 
> 	We find the bed-and-breakfast place called the Carriage House in 
> Madison and settle in for a long relaxing afternoon. We read and make love
> and read and make love and so on...you get the idea. We snack on some
> stuff we bought at the store for supper, since this place has an upstairs
> with a kitchen and microwave. The downstairs has a four poster bed and
> a lot of various, homey knick-knacks sitting around. The bathroom has a
> free standing tub that only fits both of us in with difficulty. We just
> take it easy and leave the next morn after an excellent breakfast with the
> owners. The Carriage  House is a very nice, comfortable, tranquil place to
> spend our first day as a married couple.

It was perfect.  The Carriage House is an actual carriage house that has
been converted into a cottage and it was lovely.  We were so tired, we spent
the day reading, eating, making love, and took a bubble bath - something
we had never done together...another first.  The food Alice and Chuck fixed
for our breakfast the next morning was wonderful.  They are a charming
couple and easy to talk to.  They grabbed their coffee cups and joined us
after they served our food.

> 
> 	On Monday we drive along the Ohio River until we reach the Ogle Haus.
> This is a large hotel perched on a bank above the river. We DO have a room
> reserved that has a river view but we also read that the rooms have 
> jacuzzi's and find ours doesn't. We find out that only a couple rooms have 
> these and the hotel clerk (known familiarly to us as the Geek in the Shiny 
> Suit) lets us check out a room that does have a jacuzzi. He says they may be
> able to let us have it for a couple of the days although it is much more
> expensive than the room we originally reserved.
> 
> 	It is fantastic!! It is full of antique furniture and pictures and
> various sundries and even has an enormous fireplace with a mantle and 
> everything! It also has an immense bathroom with a gigantic round jacuzzi!
> We return to the desk all enthusiastic and he tells us that they DO have a
> cancellation and we can have the room for all week. In fact, they have a 
> special deal going on and we can rent the room, the suite, for four days and
> only pay for two !!! That is the second lucky break we get. The room is 
> incredibly nice and relaxing. The fireplace is a gas one that casts the most
> romantic light into the room at night. The jacuzzi is large enough for at
> least four people, or maybe six if you are all REAL good friends. :) It is 
> just the right size for a pair of newlyweds though...I will say no more, you
> can figure it out. Oh, the room also has free HBO and such but it doesn't 
> get a lot of use, although we do watch a few movies.

	It was like walking into another world.  And the room service for
breakfast was a great treat!

>>additional note by Steve<<
	The room service WAS great. Every morning I just picked up the
phone, ordered breakfast and we started each day slow and easy...so to
speak. *snicker*

> 
> 	We travel about to a couple places in Kentucky that week and visit
> the Vanity Fair, a place that has warehouse prices on all kinds of clothing
> and items. We eat out a few times, once on a riverboat, and tour Madison, 
> Indiana. We visit a lot of antique shops and we mainly relax and enjoy each
> other. We get six rolls of film developed (from the wedding) and are able
> to see all the wedding photos by Wednesday. 

We looked at them in the car in the parking lot!  We were so excited.  And
after looking at them, we both felt breathless.

We did a lot of nice relaxing things that whole week.  It was so nice to
just be alone, and not have any diversions - to be able to concentrate 
solely on one another......

> 
> 	We also take walks along the riverside and pick up interesting rocks. 
>We acquire souvenirs for the kids and buy each other clothes of various kinds.
>I acquire a 1909 bayonet from one shop. About 18 inches of Soligen steel...ooh
> a very nice piece indeed. We check out an ancient, restored railroad station
> and visit the Clifty Falls State PArk. The waterfalls there are beautiful.

	The falls took my breath away....such beauty in this world....

> 
> 	On Friday, we load the car and check out. The bill is modest compared 
> to the luxurious surroundings we had been living in and we happily travel
> back to Bloomington. There we spend the rest of the weekend alone except for
> Sunday when a couple of my kids come over. Harry, our kitten, is overjoyed to
> see us again and nearly rips us up in eagerness to stay close. Julie unpacks
> and puts away all our new silverware and dishes and we organize shelves and
> things. I clean out the garage of all the junk that has been accumulating for
> the last few years and we finally reach today...Monday the 28th...the first
> week of our marriage is past and after being inseperable for over a week, it
> kind of hurts to be apart for a few hours. Feels strange...

I keep wanting to pick up the phone today to make sure he's nearby.  I want
to reach out and touch and feel his arms....

But, then I remember that he will be there at the end of the day...to hold me
and listen to me and share with me......each day...for the rest of my life.

> 
> 	I think I will always remember falling to sleep with the light of the
>fire flickering over us and Julie asleep in my arms. I would wake in the night
>and watch the flames dancing quietly adn then turn over and pull my wife back
>into my arms and drift off to sleep again.


	And I will always remember waking up and having those strong arms
there to hold me, that fire throwing warm shadows on the walls, the peaceful
feeling that I was loved and cherished and always would be, the knowledge
that Steven would always be with me - no matter what, forever.


>Sooo, that is it folks. A small chronicle of reasonably sparse detail
describing our wedding and honeymoon. Even leaving out most of the
little details, like the way the barges plowed down the river, or the
moonlight on the wind ruffled surface of the water, etc, this
chronicle still ran into five posts. Therefore, we won't bore you (or
shock you) with extraneous details. I feel all my life has been a sort
of preparation for this, this new life with Julie. I can state rather
positively that we have found what is bandied about in this newsgroup
as True Love.

Steven and Julie Salter
	husband and wife - September 19, 1992.


ps: alright, alright, for all you licentious minded ones that keep
bugging us about it...we aren't THAT old. We lost count after 15.


Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA