No forks on a schedule!

Photo by Steve Martine

Frigid clear blue water exemplified and compared the crossover into physical space with the reaction of alert mindfulness in marriage.
It was exhilarating!

Love Lake was an early summer ceremony where vows written by the betrothed, rang across the lake under the watchful eye of friends, family, and a locally grown Boat-woman of the Cloth.
Some from the shore, and some from sea, threw rose petals on the newlyweds to signify warm wishes of wellness on the path ahead.

Love Lake Wedding

Looking back to the shore, we were amazed to see all of you. Dressed up, beautiful and full of emotion. Each of you represented a canon of stories of who we were before today. Many of you bobbed on the waves in boats. Reflected sun lit air embraced us.

Bearing witness to our union, you made us real. You made us important. Loved.

Swimming in rose pedals, we saw the great shape of Mt. Hood. Great was this day looming larger than any day we had lived before.

Wedding Weekend

June 4th Sunday

10:00AM PDX Airport

1:00PM Fishing

2:30PM Check in Lodge Lost Lake

2:40PM set out Snack Table featuring coffee, tea, CAFE LUNA Salads, Sparkling Punch and Red Wine

2:45PM Fish fried with butter onions and rosemary salt and pepper

served over green salad

Sandwiches with cold cuts lettuce tomato and condiments

vegy broth and vegetable soup

3:30PM Strings play

Boats go into the water

4:00PM Rehearse wedding

7:00PM Twilight Fishing

7:30PM Campfire Smores/Hotdogs/Pop Corn

Monday June 5th

7:00 AM FISHING

8-10AM Coffee/Breakfast

8:30AM Swim

9:00AM Run around the Lost Lake with Sarah Meet Near Cabins

9:30AM Nature Walk around Lost Lake with Sarah Meet Near Cabins

10:00AM Play Catch with the John Near Cabins (bring your own baseball glove)

10:15AM Yoga with Sarah Near Cabins

12:30PM Strings Play

12:40 PM Wedding Party takes to the Boats

1:00 Wedding March

1:01 John to the water.

Sarah and Mark at the Plateau in front of the Lodge.

BACH Music plays when Sarah sits down to prepare to swim.

Boats move toward Bridge.

Poles Holders on Bridge

Matrimonial Vows

Kiss the Bride/Rose petals thrown.

Swim away into Lake - more rose pedals

2:00PM Apple Valley BBQ

2:30 PM PHOTOS WITH THE BRIDE AND GROOM

3:00 PM Tearful Bon Voyages

6:00PM Finger Painters & Watercolorists Meet on Lodge Front porch.

7:30 PM Campfire SMORES

8:00PM Campfire POPCORN/Hot Dogs

Music Jam Session

Tuesday June 6th

7:00AM FISHING

9-11AM Breakfast/Coffee

10:00AM Run around Lost Lake with Sarah

10AM Play Catch with John Near Cabins

10:15AM Yoga with Sarah Near Cabins

Warm Wishes for the Bye and Bye

Follow your HEART!

Heart Signs

In life, it's not where you go, but who you travel with.  Charles Schultz

Sunday, and Monday you are arriving up at the Lost Lake Lodge. There are a couple twists and turns that we don't want you to miss.

Look for these big red Hearts by the side of the road to guide your path.

Also please use the google map in the margin of this blog.

RV Registry

2008 Ford E 450

Our Newlyweds are preparing for a National Adventure with the purchase of a Disability Lift Van from Portland's Tri Met Transportation System. 
Finding it at the big auction up in St. Johns, Sarah stood tall at the bidding, then John made the restorative repairs. 
Now the rebuilt 6 liter is a rolling leviathan of diesel up-lift.


In this bus, they plan to install water systems like (this)

To do so requires things from CAMPING WORLD like:
This Macerator (here) or this Holding Tank (here) and this 20 gallon Greywater Tank (here) or any kind of generator, for example (this)
Heaters like these:  (here) & (here)
This washer dryer combo (here)

Or products from HOME DEPOT like: this water heater (here)

Bring an Umbrella!

Camp chair, hat, boots and umbrella. (baseball gloves are optional)

Please bring a camp chair, warm boots, a warm hat, a sunny disposition and an Umbrella. Forget fancy, think WARM!


Even in June, weather up at Lost Lake is cold and unpredictable. While there will be food, photos, cake cutting, and lodging conveniently close at hand to our ceremony, the event will be almost entirely,  out of doors.

Bride and Groom
will be jumping in the ice cold mountain lake, rain or shine.

Our Intrepid 
Sea Faring 
Pastor 
will take to the high seas
in a special boat,
hand built and manned
by our ocean going  friend, Bob Grummel.
See:
Bob Grummel.

Our wedding party will be rowing around in the famous
Lost Lake rental boats.

You can have a boat to row around in too, if you would like.
But bride and groom will swim over toward the north end of the lake where a small bridge spans about 40 feet of water. That is where we will take our vows of matrimony.

Many of you may wish to look over the railing of the bridge, or sit on the nearby shore on each side of the narrow straight leading up to the bridge.

Just say our name and we will wave to you!

Boatwoman of The Cloth

Pastor Tina Combs, Youth Pastor at Hood River Alliance Church is performing our matrimonial ceremony from a row boat. 


Her engagement to life and devotion to the Holy Spirit guarantee our ceremony shall be performed in a proper, and orderly fashion.

Born and raised in Hood River, she is familiar with Lost Lake. Her adventurous attitude, her understanding of maritime protocols on the high seas, and her familiarity with CPR will insure everyone watching on this glorious day, that those getting married, will not drown.

A mathematician who once lived in Jordan, she too married a great guy named John.  Sermonizing superior to the surface of  the shallows by the shore, she'll select serious Psalms to say.

With an encouraging smile and a kind personality, she shall be blessing us all.