Thank you everyone for making our celebration a wonderful, blissful, beautiful time and for being witness to our marrying. We are certain that you had a unique, adventurous, tranquil time in the Smoky Mountains and heard from so many of you who hiked the Cosby Nature Trail. With 9 million visitors to the National Park each year, you are now included in the 10% who get out of their cars and walk on a trail. So congratulations to you as well and I hope you had a nice time getting back to nature, to the old growth forests that make up only 20% of the forests on the East Coast.
We have made it to paradise at the Westin Resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, shortly after visiting with our friends Christa & Max, on St. Thomas. The management just delivered a bottle of fine champagne to our villa, congratulating us and making sure we have a fabulous honeymoon. Now it's time for a stroll by the steel drum band and a walk along the beach with the crescent moon smiling over us like the Cheshire cat.
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Dana Price & Andrea Pacheco Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 2 pm Cosby, Tennessee 37722
Map of the Area with locations of various cabins
About Me
Which airport should I fly into?
There are 4 airports to choose from:
Knoxville, TN (1 hour away)
Asheville, NC (1 hour away)
Charlotte, NC (3 hours away) - Shuttle provided, see below
Atlanta, GA (4 hours away)
Rates vary. It's good to check individual airlines like Spirit Air, Jet Blue and Air Tran along with the travel sites like Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity.
Knoxville, TN (1 hour away)
Asheville, NC (1 hour away)
Charlotte, NC (3 hours away) - Shuttle provided, see below
Atlanta, GA (4 hours away)
Rates vary. It's good to check individual airlines like Spirit Air, Jet Blue and Air Tran along with the travel sites like Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity.
FAQs
- What's the Dress Code? Dressy casual. Mind the heels, it'll be on not-so-flat grass. If you have ankles of steel, go for it.
- Should I bring cash? Yes, most of the local shops in the area only take cash. You won't need to worry about cabins or chain restaurants and gas stations. But we hope you'll support the locals.
- Do Native Americans still live in the area? Yes! The Cherokees in Western North Carolina today descend from those who were able to hold on to land they owned, those who hid in the hills, defying removal, and others who returned, many on foot. Gradually and with great effort, they have created a vibrant society, a sovereign nation of 100 square miles where people in touch with their past and alive to the present preserve timeless ways and wisdom. Visit Cherokee -- it is only 1 hour's drive away with the most beautiful views of the Smoky Mountains. Find all the info at http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php
Where are they registered?
- Cash gifts are greatly appreciated to help with a downpayment on land
- www.realgoods.com -- use dreapaco@yahoo.com as the email address to find.
- www.amazon.com
- www.bedbathandbeyond.com
- www.rei.com
Suggested Reading & Films
- Songcatcher - a film about Appalachian ballads
- The Education of Little Tree - book & film about a Cherokee boy
- Moonshine - Its History and Folklore, book
- The Trail of Tears - book about the Cherokee
- 13 Moons - book about the Cherokee
Blog Archive
Talkin Hillbilly
- holler: [noun] hollow (in the mountains)
- ferever: [adverb] forever
- beeyootiful: [adjective] beautiful ("twuz a beeyootiful fall evenin, jes warm a nuff whar ye dint need a jacket but jes chilly a nuff whar a cuple of folk mite sit a bit closer to keep frum a'gittin a chill")
- celebratin: [verb] celebrating
- marryin: [verb] marrying
- festivul: [noun] festival
- fambly: [noun] family
- yens, yuns: [pronoun] you (plural)
- a'witnessin: [verb] witnessing ("she sed she had to look her best on a counta she wuz a'witnessin fer jeehovuh n right thar in that restroom we had wurds on a counta i dint wont her makin thangs wurse by preechin to virgil ifn he dint wont to heert, witch i dun new he dint, n she wuz a fitin right back on a counta she had a dooty to witness fer jeehovuh n spred his wurd")
- daniel, danl: [noun] Daniel (Andrea's brother)
- bruthers: [noun] brothers ("he had two bruthers n one sister, all born in wartburg")
- culchur, cultchur: [noun] culture
- brakefuss: [noun] breakfast ("i ast her did she wonta go to shoneys big boy restrunt fer brakefuss")
- catterwallin: [verb] screeching, making an awful noise "thay also had em this stuff thay callt opry, but twernt all that good seem lack. fer one thang, the sangers couldnt sang in our lingo n fer a nuther thay wuz never no mandlin nor whut ye might call innythang hi lonesome. seemt lack a lot a catterwallin to me"
- amurkins: [noun] Americans ("i tuck the mos deeserted side streets n tride to git to whar folks wuz livin thar lives without specktin no amurkins to cum by")
- aint: [contraction] am not, is not, are not ("that aint much of a debt compard to whut raygun or bush could pull")
- gittar: [noun] guitar
- cawz: [verb] cause
- gurl: [noun] girl
- eggspeck: [verb] expect
- hepful: [adjective] helpful
- homeplace: [noun] home, house
- ifn: [conjunction] if
- instermints: [noun] instruments
- jake: [noun] moonshine
- jake laig+: [phrase] disreputable? shady? (thisns hard to put into english; tiz based on the drankin of jake, witch thats homemade likker that sum calls shine or moonshine, witch ye kin git a kinda paralisiss frum it that makes ye walk in a hi-steppin fashun, witch sum calls that the 'jake walk' or 'jake laig', so i rekon ye could call it a mild form of shady on a counta how thars the suggestchun of improper drankin)
- jeet*: [contraction] have you eaten? did you eat?
- kissin: [verb] kissing
- magine: [verb] imagine
- mamaw: [noun] Grandmother
- memries: [noun] memories
- minny: [adjective] many
- minster: [noun] minister
- my heds a bustin†: [phrase] i have a severe headache
- nashvull: [noun] Nashville
- papaw+: [noun] grandfather
- presshus: [adjective] prescious
- purtiest: [adjective] prettiest
- soshul: [adjective] social
- luved: [verb] loved
- luv: [verb] love
- marrd: [adjective] married
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^ that was a beautiful time ^ nobody will ever forget it ^ i am currently editing the video ^ it contains the entire experience first arriving until the last dance ^ current running time is approx 1hr ^ feels like being there ^ even i can't stop experiencing it after seeing it so many times ^ please stay tuned to this blog for information on release date and how to obtain ^
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