Official invitations have been sent! So check your mailbox!
For those of you who are in the United States, please let me know if you have not received your invitation by next week. It may mean that I have the wrong address. For those of you outside the U.S., give it at least two weeks to get there, and then contact me if it still hasn't arrived. I want to make sure all of you know how VERY much we want you at our party!!
- Ruty
I am back in Hood River and I am loving all this fresh Oregon air!
Formal invitations will be sent out soon (just waiting on the stamps and I need to get envelopes that are the right size . . .) so look for those in your mailbox!
Also, I've been hearing that Hood River seems to be booked solid for the weekend of July 13th, so here are a few suggestions:
- The Dalles, a city located about 20 minutes east of Hood River on I-84 has hotels and accommodations that may still available.
- Troutdale, a city located on the east side of Portland, has hotels of varying prices and quality and is only about a 30 minutes drive west of Hood River on I-84.
- Check out Couchsurfing (https://www.couchsurfing.org/) or Air BnB (https://www.airbnb.com/) for some lower cost options.
- There are also campgrounds in the area if you feeling like camping! Bring a tent or a camper and enjoy the clear summer skies!
Hope all is well with everyone and I am hoping to hear from you soon!!
- Ruty
Dylan and I just got back from our Spring Festival trip to Cambodia and Thailand! Here's the two of us mugging for the camera at the temple complex of Bayon, one of the many temples of the Angkor Wat UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I want to send out a HUGE thank you to Pat Evenson-Brady and Phil Brady III for getting all the Save the Date cards out! Now everyone knows what date to save!
And in case you've lost your card, the date is: July 13, 2013.
Hope to see you all there!!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!
One more bit of advice from the Brady clan:
If you are planning on staying the night in Hood River, book your rooms in advance! Hood River can get full in the summer. The great city of Portland is only 45 minutes away due West, and they have accommodations in abundance if you aren't able to find something in Hood River that you like
I'll keep you all posted!
- Ruty
I have some news via the wonderful Pat Evenson-Brady. Apparently, there is some construction going on in the I-84 to Country Club Road (the road from which you get to Tyler Drive where the reception is taking place) and once all construction is complete, we will have a current and handy-dandy map available for you to use.
From the words of Pat, "They are building 2 new streets to replace County Club at the bottom,
but they haven't named the streets yet. Folks will still be exiting at
exit 64 (1st exit) but then going on Cascade to Mt. Adams St (not
completed yet) to No Name Street that will intersect with County Club
somewhere. Stay tuned. Won't add much travel time.
If you are thinking that you might want to get a place to stay in Hood River for that night, the Hood River Chamber of Commerce has a website with a list of all the local accommodations. You can check that out right here: http://hoodriver.org/travelers-guide/where-to-stay.
Hood River is a resort town, so things can get filled up in the summer (and in the winter, too, from all the people who come for the skiing on Mount Hood) so if you see a place that looks nice, Pat recommends booking early.
I hope to be back in Hood River by April, which should give me time to perhaps check out some of those places for myself so I can provide more detailed information. And any recommendations or information that I get before then, I will certainly pass along!
Stay tuned for more!
- Ruty
Welcome to the Dylan and Ruty Blog! Today, I took my first major step towards actually planning our wedding reception by ordering save-the-date cards. That was scary. It made everything seem totally official!
But! It is good!
My hope is that save-the-date card has led you to this blog! Here I will continue to give updates on my adventures in planning and let you know important things like:
How to get to Hood River?
Where to stay in Hood River?
And why is there a crazy flamingo lady behind you in that picture?
More to come!
- Ruty
