Haley's Wedding Day 7-12

The wedding wasn't until 5pm on Saturday and a bus was going to be taking all of us from the hotel to the venue and back so we could freely imbibe to our hearts content, which we did end up doing, but more of that later.  Instead of walking around downtown Hood River, I opted for a bike ride along the Columbia River Gorge.  It ended up being 27 miles with 3,200' of elevation gain.  About half was on a dedicated path and the rest on lightly traveled fruit farm roads.

At 3:45 the bus picked us up.  The venue was a beautiful outdoor meadow and the weather was perfect.  When the sun set, a full moon rose.  They must have planned it that way.  It was a wonderful ceremony, officiated by a family friend and it was simple and informal yet elegant.  It was pure Haley and Matt.  Party favors were beer coasters with a drawing of a bike and their names.  They requested that picture taking during the ceremony be left to the professionals.  Here are a few of the reception:

Cindy will probably describe the wedding in detail.  I will say it just couldn't have been any nicer.  We laughed, danced and drank until the band stopped.  We literally staggered to the bus at midnight for the ride back down the mountain.  (At least I staggered, I couldn't tell what everyone else was doing, I was too ripped.