If it’s August, this must be… um, where am I? I’m finishing a string this weekend of 5 weekends, 5 weddings, 4 states. For those of you scoring at home, that’s Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia last weekend, and Massachusetts on Sunday.

Anyway, this past weekend, it was the New River Gorge in central West Virginia, a kayaker’s paradise. In fact, for North Carolinians Tiffany and Craig, two people who met on a river in their kayaks, this was where they’d gotten engaged, and this was the place they wanted to share with friends and family. Since their love of whitewater extends to nearly all their friends and to Craig’s family, it was a given that the vehicles lining up at the Confluence Resort for their wedding would be toting a rainbow’s worth of colored kayak shells.

The resort was a fantastic place for a wedding. At the bottom of the hill, there was a path, leading to an overhang with a magnificent view of the river gorge below. That was the setting for the wedding ceremony, conducted by a minister who had known Tiffany since she was a small child. Their reception took place at sunset with a bluegrass band playing the music, a wonderfully appropriate touch for this serene location.

More photos from this wedding are available, as always, on the Facebook page!