I just flew back from a wedding in Utah, and boy, are my arms tired.
(crickets chirp amidst the silence)
Anyway, corny jokes aside, I went to a wedding in the Salt Lake City area this past weekend. Of all the weddings I’ve attended, I think this one had the best venue. By far. The venue was La Caille, and it’s set in the foothills of Sandy, UT. To enter the estate, you literally have to drive through a narrow gate and up a winding brick pathway.
The ceremony itself was held at an outdoors gazebo. There was a river that flowed right across the estate (This was no weak creek – there was a strong flow. The river must take FloMax), along with peacocks, roosters, swans and ducks freely roaming the grounds. We actually really lucked out – the forecast called for rain, and the morning of the wedding saw pretty strong rain. Thankfully, the skies cleared up and the weather was better than you could hope for during the entire event.
The backdrop was of the mountains. Pretty cool eh?
Nighttime at La Caille.
where the ceremony was held
Where we had the reception. It would've been the rain alternative.
An interesting thing about this wedding was that it was the first non-Saturday event I’ve been to. The bride and groom actually had planned for a Saturday wedding originally, but their original venue bumped them (that’s fodder for another post altogether) and they ended up choosing this as their backup. The day they wanted wasn’t available, so they had to do the wedding on a Sunday. The good thing to that is, from what I heard, they saved a lot of money from an off-peak day. And, like I said earlier in this post, the venue and wedding itself were both great.
I’m really happy for the couple, and while I’m sure they had tons of stress-inducing items to take care of prior to the big day, their big day went off fantastically.
So, if you’re a bride and a HUGE thing like the venue isn’t working out, don’t despair. There’s still hope for an awesome wedding! 
Great photos David! Looks like it was a beautiful wedding. That is always a fear of having the wedding outdoors. Do all outdoor weddings have backup plans, and do backup plans cost extra?
Christine and I married in June – a very hot and humid month, so an outdoor wedding wasn’t really an option. Though, we had considered a destination wedding, only briefly. We might as well have had an outdoor wedding, the church was soooo hot! We looked for places that was central to friends and family who lived in the area, and also wanted it to be convenient for the people who were visiting from out of town. Ultimately, we chose to host the reception at a hotel, and luckily, the church right across the street was available the same weekend.