10.8.10

We recently had a crazy 100 year flood this past weekend.  We were not hit as hard as Nashville was, but we did get hit.  Our venue is a cave, it’s a young cave and the river still flows through it.  If it rains a normal amount the cave floods to the point they can’t give tours.  I don’t believe many weddings get canceled, but it is a possibility, the rain can get up to the dance floor and flood the space.  Well with this flood, we got a ton more rain that usual, obviously, but the cave flooded majorly…..majorly.

This is the space, random picture I took one day while I was down there:

That is the water you see in the bottom left corner.  That can get much high as you can see the dance floor which can get flooded.  Well, this time it flooded completely, as in the water is above the metal shelter and quite a ways up the trail.

They aren’t sure how long it will take for all the water to drain out of the valley, I went on Tuesday and it was only 1 foot down from Sunday when the flooding stopped.  It is 20 feet deep in many place….at one foot a day that would 20 days before they can even really get down there to see what has happened and what all needs to be repaired.

Luckily I have 5 months to go and hopefully every thing will be mostly fine and repairs will be quick and make it much better than it would!

Here’s our lovely venue as it should look

I can’t wait til it’s here and I get to marry the love of my life.  Hopefully we won’t have to relocate it!