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Sam Hanslits

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Vanessa Eaton

Sam Hanslits

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Vanessa Eaton

#SAM&VAN

September 16, 2023

Sisters, OR

FAQs

The Wedding Website of Vanessa Eaton and Sam Hanslits
This is a camping wedding! See TRAVEL for directions. If your heart desires camping with a little more luxury, give van life a try and rent a camper van or RV. This is a great option for anyone flying in to combine transportation & lodging for the whole trip. There are about 150 options in the area on this site. https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental/oregon/bend Of course we don't expect everyone to camp up on the butte! There is also lodging about 30 minutes away in Sisters. There are lots of options on Airbnb & VRBO as well as some hotels & motels.
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DRESS CODE CASUAL

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The theme is layers :) You Seriously it'll be hot in the day and below 40 and windy at night. BOOTS are best. The site is quite dusty. Blue will be our theme color.

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FACILITIES

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We will have a restroom trailer on site. We will also have a handwashing station setup and make sure there is plenty of drinking water.

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FOOD & DRINK

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There will be a snack table before the ceremony and after the ceremony we will have a taco bar catered by our local Mexican market Tortilleria Reyes that will feature a couple of meats and a vegetarian options. If you're staying the night on the butte then you can help yourself to a breakfast feast Sunday morning. There will be one keg of an IPA and another of a lager. Besides that we will have one premade cocktail, bottles of wine, and then a smaller amount of hard seltzers and NA beers as well as soda and seltzer waters. If there's something else you want, please bring it! We're not currently planning on having a bar.

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I NEED SOME CAMPING GEAR

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No fear! Between our family and friends we have so much extra camping gear we can get you and your crew exactly what you need. Copy and paste the link below and make sure select the NEED CAMPING STUFF? page on this google spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J1oExxT2F8I0SLRm5ieK9Fij4ObgtA_hGm_SoR_wAxQ/edit#gid=910898015

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HOW CAN I HELP?

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Thought you'd never ask! If you're a local, we could really use a little help crowdsourcing some of the basics to pull this off without having buy things that we'll only use once. We are planning on renting a limited number of tables, chairs and hiring some help to get it all setup and taken down so it won't be entirely DIY. We may rent event tents and propane heaters, but we're not sure rental companies will come out to where the party is for anything they are required to setup. Are you a local with a popup tent canopy or big table? How about camping stoves and water jugs. #10 seven gallon water jugs would give us plenty of water. #5 two burner propane stoves with fry pans would be enough for everybody to cook breakfast on Sunday morning. Any kind of solar or battery lights could help light the way to the bathroom or add sparkle around the dance floor. Copy and paste the link below and make sure you're on the GOT CAMPING STUFF? page on the google spreadsheet to see what else we are looking for. Thanks for taking a look! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J1oExxT2F8I0SLRm5ieK9Fij4ObgtA_hGm_SoR_wAxQ/edit#gid=0

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CARPOOLING / SPOT IN THE VAN

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I think I will rent a 15 passenger van and hire a driver to shuttle folks from Sisters up to the butte and back down, possibly having them do 2 trips each way. Click on the spreadsheet below and put your name down if you'd like a spot! Catch a ride to the party or offer a ride by copying and pasting the link to the spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J1oExxT2F8I0SLRm5ieK9Fij4ObgtA_hGm_SoR_wAxQ/edit#gid=1058969342

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WEATHER

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This wedding will not stop for rain or smoke! We will try to have some event tents setup so that we are ready for anything.

Schedule

2 - 5PM HAPPY HOUR / PERSONAL CAMPING SETUP 5PM CEREMONY 5:30PM DINNER 7:15PM SUNSET ALL NIGHT LONG: MUSIC & DANCING!!!

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Wedding

2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Trout Creek Butte
Sisters, OR

Where's this wedding?

The Wedding Website of Vanessa Eaton and Sam Hanslits
Step by step directions below but the easiest thing is to put "Trout Creek Butte Lookout" into Google Maps. From "downtown" Sisters, head west on highway 20. Pass the Space Age gas station and go another 1/4 mile. Turn left on W Hood Ave, following the sign for 242 West. Turn right on highway 242. Go 1.2 miles passing the schools on your right. Take a left onto NF 15 which will become gravel after a mile. Continue for 8.1 miles. Stay straight onto a small red dirt road while the main road drops down to the left. Continue straight for 0.9 miles and then veer left up towards the butte 0.8 miles away. If you're renting a car, you'll want a SUV. Most of the drive is on a wide graded gravel road that you'll drive 15-30mph. The last mile is on a dirt road that is still easily driven in a sedan or van but is not so well graded. Please carpool! Parking on top of the butte will probably fill up with 20-30 cars but there is more parking a 1/4 mile down the road from the site.

Registry

We are just happy to have you celebrate our wedding with us, but if you're feeling particularly generous, we've got a few items and experiences that we'd love to have as newly weds. For our honeymoon we're going to Encinitas California to surf and eat well, and then we're thinking about doing a ski trip to British Columbia this winter too :)

Things To Do

Trout Creek Butte, Oregon

Trout Creek Butte

OR 97759

Sisters

Sisters, OR 97759

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