Wes and I are getting married here . . .
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| Personal photo . . . Exterior, Mill Bridge Falls |
Watson Mill Bridge State Park in Comer, Georgia.
The pros are that it's beautiful yet inexpensive. The cons are that it's about a thirty minute trip from Athens, and its a public park and people seem to think that strangers might wander through the ceremony . . which, who would do that? Also, the structures are what you would expect at your average Girl Scout camp. That's awesome in it's own way . . . but wedding awesome? We'll see.
As you know, I took a break from wedding planning because I was just stressed about the whole issue. I needed to creatively problem solve and it just wasn't happening. Since then, I've recovered somewhat.
Wes and I would like to have our ceremony by the water, weather permitting. There is a small picnic area with it's own parking lot on the high side of the falls with a nice strip of river bank. The noise of the water won't drown us out (and if we sneak in a little music maybe it will mask it). Having it by the water kind of negates the need for a lot of decoration, but I think it might be nice to wedding it up a little. Create some romantic, fun atmosphere.
Some picnic blankets spread out for ceremony seating . . .
With some nice pillows and flowers . . .
With a few chairs for our less mobile relatives . . . They're in the background of that last picture.
In addition to that, I think we might also need a little table if we decide to incorporate some type of unity ritual.*
If the sun is shining on our wedding day it will probably be doing less shining and more blazing . . . it's only April and we've already had some pretty hot days here . . . so I'm picturing another table with cold beverages and plenty of sun parasols.
We don't have a rain plan . . . yet. But it's coming and it will probably look a little something like this. . .
*This unity ritual will definitely not be the dreaded unity candle. I proclaimed as much and Wes was like, "why is it dreaded?" to which I could only reply, "because I don't like it." Hmm. That looks bitchier in print.
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