Tim and Amanda's Wedding in Port Angeles, Washington

The story of our wedding

My new husband and I have always enjoying going on adventures and spending time hiking or backpacking in the mountains of Olympic National Park. About a year ago we went exploring around Port Angeles and a windy dirt road led us up a mountain to a campground and a short hike to the most beautiful view of the Olympics. After over two years of being engaged and planning multiple weddings at a half dozen different locations, we knew we had found the perfect spot. We picked a date exactly 1000 days from the date we got engaged and were so excited to have found a place that our closest family and friends could join us at for our big day. My son and I along with two of our three dogs headed up the dirt road a few days early to reserve some campsites and start setting things up. Mother Nature had other plans in store for us though because despite it being July, we were met with freezing temperatures, rain and even hail the entire week we were up there. I nearly called the whole thing off until my husband and family came up and joined us. Finally, our wedding day came and the sky opened up and the sun came out and we had the best weather we could have possibly hoped for. With the help of our small group of 40 family and friends, we set up the reception space exactly how I imagined it, got ready in tents and started shuttling people up the mountain for the ceremony. Unsurprisingly, we started a bit late but the ceremony was everything I dreamed it would be. My brother officiated while a friend took photos. Afterward, our photographer best man and my photographer brother took photos and then we all headed back down to the campground for hamburgers, hot dogs, dancing and drinks. We took more photos on the mountain at sunset like I’d hoped for and ended the day around the campfire. It was the most amazing day from start to finish and the perfect continuation of the ongoing adventure that is our love and our life together.