Saturday, September 14, 2013...
We had a very relaxing, lazy morning as we awaited time to get ready for Megan & Rick's wedding in Mount Tabor Park. All of a sudden it was 1:30 PM and time to quickly get ready for a trip to the wedding site. We arrived at the lower parking lot where Sharon met the shuttle driver to be taken the mile up the hill to where the wedding ceremony would take place. Pat & I walked up the 1/2 mile hill and met Sharon under the beautiful tall trees. The view was amazing at the top of this extinct volcano. The wedding was to be performed in front of maple trees with 4 distinct trunks forming a beautiful canopy for the bride and groom.
The guests spread blankets on the ground as the officiant, a close friend of the couple, stepped up between the tree trunks. Rick then stepped to the front, and waited as Megan's Dad, John Savage, walked the beautiful bride up the grassy aisle to a guitarist/vocalist performing the Rolling Stone's, "Wild Horses." The officiant displayed Rick & Megan's rings, and then passed around in a small jar to be blessed by the "community" while poems, written by friends were recited for Rick & Megan. Megan also shared words from the beautiful album created for her wedding day by her Grandpa Frank Savage..."Wishing you the same married life that we enjoyed." Rick and Megan then exchanged vows that had been written by Megan while they placed their rings on each other. Rick kissed his bride and the unique mountain top wedding was over.
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| The four-trunk maple tree, site of the wedding ceremony |
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| Rick, ushers, Megan's Mom, Alice to her seat |
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| Father of the Bride, John, walks Megan up the grassy aisle |
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| Megan & Rick share their wedding vows |
Pat, Sharon & I chose to walk down steps to head back to the car, and to find a coffee shop and restroom. As we followed the GPS directions toward the reception hall, we found a small shop and stopped. We enjoyed our drinks and a cookie as we waited for the start of the reception at 6:00 PM. Around 5:30 PM we drove to the hall and around the block to find a good parking spot. We waited in the car until we started seeing guests from the wedding arrive. The reception hall was a simple facility with a split level dance area with a bar and appetizers & at the upper floor. The hall was beautifully, but simply adorned with vines of "hops" and local garden flowers in fruit jars. The DJ played great "oldie" style music that we enjoyed as we sat talked with Ron & Dollyann Huff.
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| Introducing the newlyweds! |
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| You may kiss the bride |
Soon the bride & groom, Megan & Rick, arrived and we were seated in assigned seats for dinner. The table decorations included small gold farm animals, jars of flowers, and tan raffia wrapped name place cards. The buffet had very different foods: lentils, tapas, leaf lettuce with a light dressing, boiled chicken with aioli sauce, and sausages with mustard. Luckily every item was well labeled, to help us make our selections. The wedding "cake" was actually a topiary with crunchy balls filled with brochet crème. All very "light" fare.
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| It was dark on the dance floor, but if you squint, you'll find Pat & Sharon "cutting a rug" |
We enjoyed watching the couple's first dance, the Father/Daughter dance with everyone joining the dance at the end. Everyone was having a great time. We soon decided it was time to leave...so we waved farewell, and headed to Denny's to eat some more filling food.
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