Ceremony and HoneyCamping

Needless to say, readers, many things have happened since the last blog. I got "committed" to my AF, now AP (Amazing Partner), and we went camping to celebrate. Last Friday, we went to City Hall in our fair city and filled out our forms, spoke with the judge, took pictures before, during, and after the ceremony, put Mom on speaker phone for the during part and took many, many pictures of the whole thing. Then I fell down. This was after everything was all done and Molly and I were heading to the car. My right shoe slipped out from under me and I totally ate shit in the middle of the street. I really scraped up my knee (it was bleeding A LOT). And yes, we still went camping and YES, it still really hurts.
Anyway, I arrived back to my work to get cleaned up and get the car to go go back home to start getting all our stuff together for camping. AP had already made the list and was gathering things when I got home. So we did all the packing stuff, loaded up the car and went to Safeway to get the last minute items we needed for the trip. Then we decided that since we sort of got a late start, we decided that we didn't want to eat in the dark, so we went to Carl's Junior. THEN...We were finally on our way!
An hour and 10 minutes later we were at the campsite, only to discover that I had accidentally booked the handicapped campsite. We almost got in trouble with the rangers but it was decided that it was just a legitimate mistake and they let us stay (also there were no other sites to move us to.) Also, I don't know if you know this, but alcohol is strictly prohibited at the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. We had brought some champagne (we just got married), and had just opened it when the ranger drives up to talk to us about being in the handicapped space. She told us that the penalty for alcohol in the park is usually ejection from the park with no refund. She made me pour it out. :( I told her that we wouldn't have brought it in, but we just got married in San Francisco about 7 hours ago and we were celebrating. Then I showed her my ring and she said she was sorry for ruining our special night. Thank god she was a lesbian too! So she hugged me and said she'd let it slide and reminded us that, "there are OTHER things do do on a wedding night besides have champagne." That's a direct quote! Again, thank god for lezzie park rangers!
So that was Friday. On Saturday, we let nature wake us up and then we got ready to go to brunch in Downtown Santa Cruz. Specifically to Zachary's, a great restaurant that is special to us as a couple. So we ate, then we went to a couple of little shops and then we went to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It's an amusement park on the shore (the last of it's kind in California) that has rides and an arcade and shops and restaurants. It's really big and just as fun. It's free to get in, but if you want to ride rides, you have to buy tickets. We didn't ride anything, but we played arcade games. AP is awesome and she hit the jackpot on the of the games and 250 TICKETS START FLYING OUT OF THE MACHINE!! It's was so cool!! We bought shot glasses with the tickets, did the 4-in-1 photo booth (really cute pictures), and got some saltwater taffy. After a little while longer, we decided to go back to the campsite and have sandwiches and relax before dinner. We ended up napping until 7:45 p.m. Then we built a fire and made S'Mores (my favorite quintessential camping food). Then we watched a movie and went to bed again.
Now Sunday. We wanted to get an early start back to the city so we could unpack and get things put away so we could wind down from all the weekend excitement, so we got up at 7. We took down everything, reloaded the car and headed to the Ugly Mug, a lesbian coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz. The we went to New Brighton State Beach. It was only about 9 am by this time so we took some pictures of ourselves and hung out on a big log on the beach and talked. It was a really beautiful morning. The we were on our way back to the city. We got home, unpacked and put everything away and showered, and went to wash and vacuum out Beth's car. When you camp, leaves and crap get in the trunk and the floor boards. So we went the wash it yourself place and cleaned it and vacuumed and made it look really nice. And then we rented PS2 games. Then we went home and played them.
I know what you're thinking: Wasn't it Gay Pride Weekend? Yes it was, and no we did nothing Pride-related, except get married. We did other gay things too (camping is pretty gay, right?) Kidding, straight chicks camp too. We didn't do anything for pride because in San Francisco, by the time you do all the events and parades and the booths and deal with the million + people that are there, downtown, celebrating their pride also a couple of times, you realize that you want to make your own plans. All that stuff is really great for the community and all, but it can get tiresome. San Francisco is a really lively city and we do gay stuff all year, not just this one specific weekend, so that's that. So, that was our weekend! I look forward to your comments.