Will the real slim shady please stand up?

Psych! Totally kidding about doing it at that particular campsite. Not kidding about doing it at the group campsites at Ten X. Here are some pictures from the super pretty spot we saw on Wednesday.

 There are 2 vault toilets- handicap accessible, Tim knows how to make them not smell bad, and they are conveniently located, an there's running water.

 Tim is standing in front of the fire pit, it's monster big, big enough for a pretty good bonfire!

 I believe I counted 4 charcoal grills, there are 2 nice sized concrete benches for serving food, an animal proof locker for trash and food storage

 This ramada is covering 6 picnic tables that easily seat 8 each, 10 if we have chairs at the end

 the surrounding area is a wonderful Ponderosa forest, those tracks are on a paved road.

 yay! tall trees!

This is the other group site, it's a little smaller, and not too far from the bigger one, but we thought we'd rent them both so there's not like a scout troop right next to us.

The only negatives are:

1. no electricity

2. It's not on the canyon rim

3. It's a little further from the ceremony site.

4. quiet hours start at 10 pm- this probably won't be much of an issue.

Positives:

1. Wicked cheap.

2. can bring in our own caterer and booze

3. It's much more our style

4. did I mention the trees?

5. It's paved, it's got a ramada in case it rains, it's got its own picnic tables, there's space for more tables, there's a decent amount of parking space

6. Tim and I both really love it. 

7. We don't have mosquitos

8. We don't have bears

Another park ranger's invitations to her wedding



Did you notice the 3 legged dog? His name is Bear.

  

It's not the most unique way to do invites since someone else did them, but they are quite stylish.

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Ten X Campground

 Who doesn't love tall trees? I might not if we were in bear country, but luckily we don't get very many bears here. Tim and I went walking out to check out the group campsites at TenX campground in Kaibab National Forest. We were going to go snowshoeing, but the snow melted a bunch. So we walked.

I know it doesn't really look pretty, but Tim's real handy, he can totally fix up the picnic benches and get them moved around.

See, there's benches and a fire pit and some portapotties and these really pretty trees! We were thinking about doing the reception out here instead of in a hotel.

planning.

I'm fairly sure that we'll be holding the ceremony on the rim of the canyon, and then going back to the hotel for the reception. There is definitely a cheese factor at the Grand, but it goes with the locale, but we didn't exactly have a lot of cowboys in the area, ever. So there is going to be a western element, or things are going to blend with the western theme of the reception I guess. The knot doesn't feature a ton of rustic, cowboy themed weddings... I guess I'm having a hard time picturing it. I think it's going to be way nicer than the Squire hands down though.

The GRCA wpa

This is our park's official WPA poster. Tim thinks that it could be modified to include our names and date of the wedding, and then we'd have a very specific memento from the wedding to frame and hang on the wall. I like the idea fo sho.

I was also reading about possibly turning it into an iron on transfer- I was just thinking of doing a tote bag for the people who come and put fruit and bottles of water or something in them, and when they check into their hotels or campsite (there will be some campers I believe) it would make a nice welcome gift... But like I said, just a thought.

WPA Style posters

I don't know if I've mentioned how much Tim and I dig WPA style National Park Posters, but this is probably going to impact our wedding theme.

This is my next favorite one, even though I never worked there. But I've been there at least.

Tim and I are going to tie the knot!

Since someone asked, here's a photo of the ring! Tim went to Zales, it's not crazy flashy, it is very sparkly though. I love it. My hands look super dry here. I blame winter and low humidity.