Marriage in Montana

In the past six weeks, we've been to Japan, Jamaica and now Montana. Honestly, this was the wedding I was looking forward to the most. I love the mountains and there's no better setting than Glacier National Park with it's craggy peaks and high mountain lakes. Kristen and Alfred chose Polebridge, a one horse hamlet just on the edge of the park. Talk about isolated - it's 20 miles from the Canadian border and about an hour up a dirt road. The only bathroom in town is an old red outhouse situated amidst the old unpainted wood buildings.



Here's the pole in Polebridge.



The wedding party was a tough crowd. One of the bridesmaids had a black eye. She claimed that she didn't know how she got it, but I think it was the wedding rings that they were using as brass knuckles. ;-)



The ceremony was held in between a stand of pine trees, a broad field and a glassy creek. Beautiful.







The ceremony was short but emotional nonetheless.











This was the outside of little cabin where Kristen got ready. Great light. Great bride!







This shot was taken around 10:30 in the evening. Around here in San Diego, it would have long been dark. Instead, the twilight just wanted to linger forever. Which is kind of how I felt about Montana...



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