August 31st, 2018! We are so sorry for the short notice, but this will give us ample opportunity to prepare the vendors! Thank you so much!
Columbia Gorge Hotel has blocked off 10 rooms for our guests at a discounted rate for Sunday October 7th, 2018. However, the wedding the day before has bought out the entire hotel so our guests will not be able to stay at CGH until the day of the wedding. Under the travel tab in the menu, we have selected a few hotels extremely close to the wedding venue that does have availability for our guests on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; and bonus the prices are cheaper than what they could have been at CGH! Other recommendations include Airbnb, hotels in Portland if you don’t mind the drive after the wedding, or one of the many hotels in Hood River!
There is plenty of parking available when you turn into CGH; we have been reassured by the venue that the parking is plentiful and safe.
The ceremony begins at 4 pm and the seating begins 30 minutes prior; 3:30 pm is an ideal time to arrive to greet family, get a refreshment, and find a seat before the ceremony starts!
Our registry is listed under the menu option of our homepage. We tried to include a variety of gifts for every budget but if you don’t see anything on there that feels right, please feel free to improvise on whatever you believe a new married couple needs! Please don’t feel pressure to buy us a gift; something as simple as writing down marriage advice would make us just as happy if not more! We are so grateful for anything we receive but the real gift is having the honor of declaring our love for one another in front of our closest family and friends!
Rachel has been accepted into an accelerated nursing program which is a total of 18 months, not including the national exam that will make her a registered nurse once passed. This process, including moving to Henderson, NV where the program is located, will take roughly 2 years. We decided to delay her nursing program start from October 2018 to Early February 2019 so we could take the time to start our marriage and share this moment with our family properly!