To go or Not

My husbands best friend (they've been friends for about 20 years now, since they were 8) is getting married to his FW on 12/12/2020 in a quick elopement outdoor garden ceremony and invited us, both sets of their parents and her sister. Well yesterday when she told us via text , I asked if they have plans to do anything after(mini reception or even cake &punch). She said no , due to covid they decided that after the ceremony there will be nothing. Only taking pics and everyone goes home. Well, I told my husband that is rude because now we will be driving 30 minutes to the outdoor garden ceremony site and standing there for 15min then another 15-20 min for pics then going home. Hes unhappy about that too. It has me debating if we should even go. We wanna go to show support, but neither of us has ever been to a wedding where they DID NOT have a reception or something small, so this is a first for us both. We got married in May during the pandemic with 7 people and still had a reception (local soul food restaurant catered it) and alcohol and cake. If anyone else was in this situation what would you do ?