In August of 1975 Christine and I were married outside the small cabin we lived in seven miles down the highway from Orleans. There may have been 20 people in attendance, including both family and friends. For directions to the wedding a sign was posted on Highway 96 at the junction of the dirt road leading up to the cabin. A local Episcopalian minister, who was also a timber faller performed the ceremony. Christine's parents provided food from a caterer, including a keg of beer and a case or two of Champaign. A good time was had by all.
Even though the marriage ended in 1990, we still maintain a relationship as parents and grandparents, and feel very fortunate for the two children we have.
1975 was a good year, just out of UofO and worked for USFS in Lake Tahoe. Let's see, a keg and two cases of champagne for 20 people out in the woods. Perfect for a great party, assuming it was some decent micro-brew. Kathy and I didn't tie the knot until 1982.
ReplyDeleteCould have been brand X beer, not sure there was micro-brew back then.
DeleteAnd there were two snippety geese at your wedding too, biting at people's legs!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your photo and wedding story. We just watched a twilight wedding on Harris Beach, just north of Brookings. It was wonderful to see wedding bliss without the stress and 10's of thousands of dollars invested.
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