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May 16, 2026
Gatlinburg, TN

Rylee & Daniel

An Intimate Elopement in the Smoky Mountains

Daniel Rakowski

&

Rylee Grieco

May 16, 2026

Gatlinburg, TN

The Start of Something Sweet

We met at work - classic, right? The day Daniel walked in for his interview, he and Rylee locked eyes as he came through the door. Call it a coincidence, call it fate… either way, something clicked. We worked together for months before our end-of-day phone calls (strictly business, obviously 😉) slowly turned into hour-long conversations about life, goals, and everything in between. Somewhere along the way, we stopped being just coworkers and started being each other’s favorite person to talk to. For our first official date, Daniel invited Rylee out on a RZR ride - an adventure neither of us will ever forget. And just like that, the rest became history, the best kind of history. Turns out love has a pretty funny way of finding you. And now here we are...5 years later, getting ready to say "I do" in the Smoky Mountains - the place we are lucky enough to call home.

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