Howdy, pardner

Woo, what a time we had! Patrick and Lori's wedding really ruled it. It was set on a beautiful ranch near Westcliffe, CO called Red Rock Ranch. It was set on 1100 acres of beauty, with the Sangre de Cristo (sp?) mountains looming in the distance. There were three houses, all with kitchens, bars and sweet lofts. About 50 people attended, and we mostly hung in the big house, as it had a full-on old west saloon. The house was built only 4 yrs ago, but it looks straight outta the 1800's inside. So many cool details. Old timey.

The first night we rocked the old west cowboy dress up, and it was FUN. I even grew a mustache for it (ryan, too). It was sweet. We did it like real cowboys and it was quite enjoyable to hang out with 50 cool people, everyone busting the cowboy hat and boots. There's tons of great pics of everyone sneering, putting on their best cowboy face.

Unfortunately, it rained most all the weekend and was kinda cold, so those not from CO didn't get tons of unrestricted, sweeping mountain views, but there were def some peekings thru the low clouds. On wedding day, the rain miraculously parted a few hours before weddingtime, and we managed to sqeeze in a gorgeous ceremony as the ominous clouds rolled across the valley towards us. It actually made for a spectacular setting, as the white dress and seersucker suits really popped on the grayish background.

All in all, a fantastic time. Lots of great folks we met in New Orleans were there to have fun with again, and lots of new people to meet as well as old friends. Good times. I hope to find a good photosharing site i can post all the pics to, but am having a hard time since there's hundreds of shots.