Driving Through the Eagle Creek Fire

On our way back from Courtney and Matt’s wedding, we drove through the Columbia Gorge just a few hours after they opened the west-bound lanes for traffic.  The Eagle Creek Fire has been raging through the Gorge for a while and we were pretty surprised they let us drive through.

The fire is just a few hundred feet away through the trees at this point on the road.

We actually saw flames all the way down to the eastbound lanes.

There were fire crews parked all over the place on the eastbound lanes working on the blaze while we drove through.  Crazy!

Courtney and Matt Get Married!

It was finally time for the big event!  It was time to get Matt and Courtney married!  They chose a wonderful venue at Camp Alice Pittenger, a girl scout camp just outside of McCall.

The reception hall was really pretty and all setup for a great party.

This camp is absolutely gorgeous.

Some of my fraternity brothers playing around out on the boat and swimming docks.

Ceremony area all setup on a little point of land sticking out into the McCall Lake.

Here are all of the brothers of Phi Delta Theta Oregon Beta who attended the wedding.  We sure do make a handsome bunch.

 

Time for the ceremony!  The ceremony photos and the photo above of the men of Phi Delta Theta come from Julian K Designs, another Brother in the Bond.

All married and ready to go into the next stage of life!  Good luck Court and Red!

The entire wedding party and family.  We’re quite the crowd!  Another photo from Julian.

I looked very dapper while marrying Matt and Courtney.  Thanks again to Julian for the wonderful photo.

Here we are at the party.  We had a TON of fun with everyone at the wedding and we’re looking forward to a wedding reunion in a couple years!

Exploring around McCall Lake

While the wedding party was out at some hot springs, we drove around McCall Lake to check out the sights.  This is a really big lake and a very pretty place.

There were storm clouds rolling around but we didn’t get any rain.

A little beach at the top end of the lake.

Heather by the river that runs into the lake.

Exploring some meadows further upriver.

Back down at the lake on the dirt road on the east side heading back toward McCall.

Lunchtime in the brewpub in McCall by the water.