Canyon Fires Chapter 19
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| Time frame | May 2, 2001 |
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Location
- Baseball Man Water Pocket in the Grand Canyon
Characters
- Scooter
- Ben and Joy Russell, newlyweds
- Vance and JeanAnn, customers
- Karin Chladek
- Noah Whittaker
- Jon and Tanisha Chladek
- Mike, a boatman
Summary
Things are reorganized in preparation for teams to split after the wedding. Al is a little sneaky, settling the loud-mouthed Laughlin group on a beach across the river for the night.
Mary Wells, a trip leader, approaches Crystal to help with an unhappy couple, newlyweds Ben and Joy, who have been picked on as mixed race by two other customers. They want to hike out, but Crystal convinces them to change teams and boat with her (and Jon and Tanisha).
Finally the wedding party hikes up to the pocket for the ceremony. The bride wears white, blouse and shorts, and the groom wears jeans and a Canyon Tours T-shirt. Myleigh produces a blue sequinned evening gown to wear over her bikini. Crystal manages a red cocktail dress over her swimsuit. Noah may be wearing jeans, but he does manage a white shirt and tie.
Myleigh and Randy provide a gentle performance as Noah does a standard wedding ceremony. Jon stands in to give the bride away. Buddha is best man. The wedding ring is an " extravagantly tooled piece of Navajo silver, worked by an old craftsman the groom had known for many years." Twenty years to bring things full circle back to this very location. Al and Karin are to camp there while everyone else returns to the beach.
Another campfire closes the day. Myleigh intends to keep things light and cheerful, as appropriate for a wedding reception, such as Inland Sea from her album Harp Strings.
