Our Wedding - Dead Horse Point

It was Monday morning. The weekend and festivities were over. Sunday night we managed to score the last room in Moab, literally. It was the honeymoon suite at a bed and breakfast off Center St. We spent the morning relaxing and recovering.

Relaxing Morning

Packed Up

After getting packed we searched for a good mountain bike ride to finish the weekend. We wanted something new and mellow. Dead Horse Point State Park had recently opened a new trail system to mountain biking. It's a mellow loop that follows a cliff band around the northwest perimeter of the park. The riding was mediocre, but the views were spectacular. It suited our exhaustion level perfectly.

Dead Horse Point

Standing on the Old Hang Glider Launch

After Dead Horse Point we hit the road for the trek home. One last treat awaited, driving the M Coupe through Glenwood Springs Canyon. Keeping with the pace of the day I kept the speed down so we could take in the view.

Leaving Moab

Glenwood Springs Canyon

Our Wedding - The Day After

I would like to say that on the day after our wedding we kicked back, relaxed, and enjoyed our first day of married life, but that would be a lie. It was a hectic morning of cleaning, packing, cleaning, and more packing. If I could have changed one thing about the weekend, it would have been to hire some help for the clean up. Just like the wedding, everyone chipped in and got the job done. We had originally planned a bike ride, but with everyone leaving at different times for different places it was easier to just go for a hike. Arches National Park, just across the Colorado River, was the obvious choice.

A Hike in Arches

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Quite a few car commercials are filmed in Arches, so I couldn't help taking a few obligatory M Coupe shots.

Our Wedding - Wedding Day

My New Year's resolution was to resurect my blog. I've been bogged down for months trying to edit and organize hundreds of gigs of wedding photos. I've made some headway, but am nowhere close to finished. Here's a brief description of the day.

Our plan for the wedding was to have the anti-wedding. As I said before, watching countless hours of wedding shows on TLC I learned that the average American wedding would be pure hell for me and luckily Jo agreed. Our goal was to have our wedding be an experience that suited our lifestyle and share that with our friends and family.

The pavilion at Whispering Oaks was the perfect expression of what we wanted. It was unpretentous yet tasteful. The aged wooden timbers, crisp mountain air, and green junipers set the background for our special day.

In the morning I sent my groomsmen off to Arches National Park. Jo took her clan into town to get their hair done. The rest of family filled in and helped set up the tables in the pavilion. It was the way a family event should be, with everyone pitching in and getting it done the old timey way. My dad would have been proud!

The Ceremony

The Reception

Sumo Suits

Small Bikes

Small Bikes and Sumo Suits

A Fake Cake

Dancing

Food

Swords

More Dancing

In Sumo Suits

We finished the evening laughing and telling stories sitting around a bonfire. It was perfect...