We had a great time over Memorial Day weekend. (Yes, I am a little late catching up.) Our neice, Ellen, got married in Greenville, South Carolina. She is my middle sister’s daughter, so the event attracted a large number of my side of the family. I am the oldest of five. All are married, most with grown, or nearly grown, children. We and our cousins are spread all over the eastern half of the country. It’s been this way ever since I first moved away from Pittsburgh to Florida in 1971. While we are not geographically so close that we can call and say “Come on over for Sunday dinner,” we do have a good time when we do get together.
Mrs. Poolman and I took off on Thursday to make it a five-day weekend. Our first big surprise was Greenville itself. It has a very cool downtown. There is a small river with a waterfall cutting right through the middle of town. My sister commented, “You know, we lived here for ten years before we even knew we had a waterfall in downtown.”
Greenville’s waterfall
Brother taking picture of his son and daughter-in-law.
(l-r) Girlfriend, Poolboy and Writer Princess
Nephew, Mrs. P and myself
The rest of downtown is nicely landscaped, pedestrian friendly, and full of shops and restaurants. We went sightseeing both Friday and Saturday afternoon. We had a very nice time. Greenville, South Carolina! Who ‘da thought?
In between the scheduled functions and parties, our family had a fairly non-stop party going back at the hotel. We were all in a Holiday Inn Express. At almost any time you could wander through the lobby and find someone to visit with. Lots of fun and laughter, and a fair amount of ethanol.
If not in the lobby, my brother and sister-in-law’s room works just fine.
I guess I should show at least one picture of the couple. Here is Stan and Ellen, zoning out at the rehearsal.
We all had such a great time, we started looking around at the single children and asked “So who’s next?”
Another Beautiful Day in Paradise! 