Sistren, I know everyone says this, but our wedding was perfect. We were in a beautiful place that we had basically to ourselves, were with people we love, had weather that cooperated and did not blow away our fascinators, and it was gorgeous and wonderful. After a near six-year relationship marriage doesn't change our day-to-day lives that much, but it made us really happy to get married and affirm our commitment to each other and our relationship. So without further ado, I wanted to share with our two readers some moments from the day.
First, did I mention how gorgeous the setting was? We went to a short mountain trail that's beautiful but doesn't require a long hike to get there, as the Old Marrieds had the OoOM (Offspring of Old Marrieds) in tow. It's a very popular spot, and we managed to get the timing just right. Sunrise was happening as we drove up, so by the time we got to the parking area all the sunrise seekers were hiking down and driving away. We managed to have the ceremony in the window between sunrise viewers and morning hikers. Only a few people walked by during the ceremony, and they all saw what was happening and kept walking by quietly. Thanks random strangers, we appreciate you!
Not Pastor Skip did a great job with our ceremony. He started by mentioning the space and the hike as part of the ceremony- in the picture above we have arrived at the boardwalk which led to our rocky outcrop of choice. Notice Indigo Labrys's amazing best-homo cat rainbow backpack! But anyway- the ceremony was short and sweet and included a mention of the non-date sweater and other funny pieces of our relationship.
The ceremony also included the "words of affirmation" from each of the Old Marrieds and our Best Homo. It was really special to hear them in this place, and they were lovely and thoughtful. I think they all put more time into their words than we did with our vows- thank y'all! We loved it. The picture above shows us in our post-ceremony bliss! Notice those amazing wedding T-shirts! I am stoked to be able to wear mine again and tell people I got married in it, just to see their reactions!
After the ceremony we put our fleeces back on and had a wedding toast. It was a little chilly on the mountain! Though I wore shorts so that my rainbow laces and wedding hiking socks would show. I decided not to wear long johns with the shorts, cause then I really would have looked like my father, which is not a wedding look I wanted to go for. Anyway, The Librarian's flask had Caol Ila whiskey and mine had Krupnikas and the wedding entourage had their choice between the two. For this moment we used flasks from a local distillery (that makes the Krupnikas- so good y'all) and used a wedding present REI gift card to get some camping shot glasses. So worth it. The shots helped warm us up and were a great way to celebrate! OoOM had apple juice, though he was really eyeing the whiskey.
Next we hiked up to a higher vista and it got sunnier and even more beautiful as we went. Check out that stunning fall scenery!
We paused many times for photos- like this soft-focus one of The Librarian's ring against this pretty red bark.
I thought my wedding day was appropriate for jazz hands and posing on rocky parts of the trail.
After we hiked back down, it was necessary to get a picture of the wedding party in our matching hiking socks. These were the ones that were the closest to our wedding colors and came in sizes big enough for Old Married 1, and we love them!
The wedding festivities ended with an amazing lunch at a brewery near our mountain trail. The perfect end to a perfect day, and we were done by 2! We parted ways from our wedding entourage and drove through the mountains to our honeymoon location. We even stopped for a short hike to a waterfall on the way.
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