August 30, 2005
Loveland
Loveland Pass, Keystone, Colorado, Canon Digital Rebel
Highlights from a wedding in the mountains of Keystone, Colorado:
Taking not one, but two gondolas up a mountain to where the wedding was held. Dressed in our finest, we climbed into the little pods, so high we were above the trees. We were at about 12,000 feet and got winded every time we hit the dance floor!
Seeing the groom, my dear friend Ric, fill his pockets with kleenex before the ceremony {and remembering how easily he is moved to tears}
Seated outside in big wooden chairs, we covered ourselves in blankets to shield ourselves from the rain. Every guest looked like a little monk in a cranberry shroud of fleece, only their tear-stained cheeks emerging.
Mountain biking with the boys the day before, remembering the tomboy in me, as I stood on my bike and pedaled between rocks and mud on a gorgeous trail in the woods.
Coming back late at night from the mountain, back in our little pods dangling above the trees. The sky was thick black and sprinkled with stars, and everything was still and silent as we floated through the sky. The big dipper was directly in front of us and has never in my life looked quite so big and beautiful. It was as if that high up, we were that much closer to it.
The newlyweds, Ric and Rebecca, Canon Digital Rebel
Their wedding truly was loveland. Congratulations Ric and Rebecca!
Posted on August 30, 2005 08:07 AMwhat a minuet!!! is that lake dillion??? I go there every single time I'm in Co. It is for sure my favorite place in all the world.
Posted by: Sweet Pea Kate at September 1, 2005 05:36 PMTell me you don't it there? It's so amazing. Colorado may just be my favorite place in all the world. I've been over the pass... it's wonderous up there.
Glad you had a great time.
Posted by: Sweet Pea Kate at September 1, 2005 05:34 PMmagic!!! Now that's what I call glowing and glistening!
Posted by: Lisa at September 1, 2005 10:09 AMWow, what a happy and handsome couple!!! In case they check your site (which, if they are like my friends, will most definetly) Congrats!
Posted by: wn at August 31, 2005 11:52 AM
you were out here and you didn't say what's up?! :( sad now.
i know you hear that a lot but i mean it.
Posted by: erika at August 31, 2005 06:12 AMSweet. Welcome back.
Posted by: Wanda Tucker at August 30, 2005 09:32 PMWow! A lovely story but what an especially thrilling surprise to learn from your blog that *my* friend (not a close one, clearly, but loved) Rebecca is married!
Posted by: Anne at August 30, 2005 07:57 PMSuch a great photo! Kinda makes you wonder why anyone ever has "cold feet"
Posted by: Jennifer at August 30, 2005 06:58 PMsounds pretty magical...
i love the idea of going to this magical far away place to get married. it sounds so perfectly romantic and beautiful.
sounds like you had a heavenly time. love these photos... congrats to the lovely couple! :)
Posted by: jack at August 30, 2005 05:05 PMi bet your friends just adore the descriptions you write about their lives and adventures. i would treasure them.
actually, i do treasure them and they're not even about me.
:)
Posted by: Beth at August 30, 2005 01:37 PMWhat an awesome location for a wedding.
Posted by: Ali at August 30, 2005 11:48 AMOh, that Loveland Pass shot really makes me miss home! The mountains are so gorgeous this time of year. I've been to a wedding in Keystone and it was magical.
Posted by: Feisty at August 30, 2005 11:47 AMThe couple looks so happy. Nice picture of them.
Posted by: Lu at August 30, 2005 11:36 AMThey radiate happiness! Congratulations to them both!
Posted by: Karen at August 30, 2005 11:05 AM