Kate & Ryan
They aren't wrong when they said, “The mountains are calling.” Kate and Ryan answered, we all hopped on a plane, and then we had the time of our lives.
When Kate and Ryan invited me to join them for their elopement in Colorado, I was so excited. If you know me at all, you'll know that Colorado is one of my favorite places. We’ve all been anticipating this trip for the last 6 months, and to try to describe our adventure is going to be a challenge because there just aren't words.
First, we ventured to Collective Retreats in Wolcott, Colorado where we spend three incredible days and two nights in their tents on the side of a mountain. The mountain air swept us off our feet with the views, the hospitality was impeccable, and the farm to table three-course rehearsal dinner was something we will never forget. Like…seriously, hands down the best food I have ever eaten! This set the tone for how the rest of our time in Colorado was going to be, and it left us saying over and over how this experience was so perfect.
Since we spent thee days in the mountains and a day in Breckenridge, there are a ton of images, but I wanted to share the absolute bliss from the Wedding Day.
I'm not sure what was more comfortable, the beds in the tents at Collective, or the dry mountain air.. because we slept like heaven and then woke up to coffee and breakfast being served. After gathering the wedding wear, Ryan picked Kate a bouquet of wild flowers from camp (hearts are melted), and we trekked the 1/2 mile down to the rental car and left for Breckenridge.
We had all day to enjoy and we did…stopping at a local cigar shop for Ryan, Breckenridge Distillery for a couple of cocktails, and then we proceeded to Blue Lake Trail. Kate ended up getting ready at the distillery, and Ryan literally had his own woodsy dressing room in the pines of the mountain haha.. which ended up being a perfect location for the first look.
We met with our awesome officiate, Phil ( I swear everyone in Colorado is rad as hell), and adventured to Blue Lake where the ceremony would take place. We had the most perfect weather, though in the mountains that can change in a moment. The vows were exchanged, the tears of absolute happiness shed, the smiles and the wind were running through our hair, champagne was popping, a dress ripping. There was foot cutting, waterfall bustling, sun shining ..I don't really know how to describe the bliss we all felt after this.. so I'll let the images take you away.
We ended our super-relaxed, breathtaking day with some bomb tacos and complimentary bubbles and churros.
Every person we ran into was so happy that Kate + Ryan had just gotten married that they too wanted to celebrate.
