Up to coffee and continental breakfast at Weymouth Drive...ON THE DECK!
We chat with Judy, our host, who recommends going to the Barn in Uniontown, WA. It is about 30 miles away.
We drive through Pullman and then to the wonderful old Dehman barn with a fence made of metal wheels.
The barn has been re-structured with an artists community in just the right way. There is ample artists space for many and we see woodworking, fishing pole making, etching, bead work, basketry and more with many artists in residence.
The man, Steve Dehman, who owned the property the barn sits on, was an artist (metalwork) and worked with the Uniontown Community Development Assn to put the barn in to an artists community and maintain it. It is really a wonderful way to spend the afternoon.
We drove in to Uniontown proper for lunch and ate at the Sage Bakery, also a restoration project of the UCDA. Lunch was good and the people were very friendly.
Back at Weymouth we get ready for the wedding. We drive to the wedding venue with Uncle Doug and Ante Bat (Joan). Joan wants to take a look at some of Judy's quilts (lives enriched through motorcycling). The venue is packed (a later estimate is that about 200 people attended).
Leslie looks wonderful and in her people-person element. I meet Molli's mom and dad. All of the two families are in the wedding party.
Sam and Molli's track coach is the officiant. He gives a great service and touches on the strengths of both youngsters and what to keep in mind as they move forward in their newly married lives.
Many in the wedding party are planning a bicycle ride back to Bellingham through North Cascades National Park. Amazing.
The wedding party hug it out.
Dahmen barn...an artists community.
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