We got to the condo we rented with Jason, Pam, Sarah and Huynh, settled in a little, and then it was time for the Lingerie Shower! Pam did a great job organizing everything from a distance, and we had a fun shower/cocktail party at Adrienne's parents' house with a small group of ladies who were already in town. After the shower we had dinner at a great place in town called Maxwell's. My dinner was delicious and they did a really good job of handing our group of 40!! Yes, 40! It was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed meeting everyone at our table. After dinner, some of us younger ladies went to a few bars in town. We started at a really cool place called Dogwood - dark, small, cool decor and really interesting cocktails! We tried a karaoke bar but there was another wedding party there already hogging the stage and singing horrible karaoke songs. We ended the night at a local place with a great DJ and all the girls had a fun time dancing and bonding. There were several groups of girls who came in town - New York friends (where Adi used to live), UT friends (like me!), high school/Houston friends, even some Crested Butte locals. We all had a blast together, it really felt like we came away with a bunch of new friends! While the girls did their Bachelorette thing, Jeremy, Jason, Huynh and Sarah's dad went to dinner (Jeremy ate elk and was happy to brag about it!) and had a few drinks in town as well.
Friday morning we had the rehearsal up at the location - Ulley's Cabin. It was so pretty! What a gorgeous backdrop for a wedding! After that the bride and her bridesmaids went to town to get our nails done, and then Pam and I met up with our guys for lunch at The Last Steep. It was so delicious - I had a burger with cream cheese, jalapenos and pineapple.
We went straight back to the condo for naptime, then it was time for the rehearsal dinner. It was at Butte 66, which nicely enough was very close to our condo. I think rehearsal dinners are so fun because it's a little more relaxed and casual and intimate than the wedding. We had a fun time catching up with everyone, and then spend the night in our condo bonding with our "roommates" for the weekend.
Saturday morning we got our hair done in town - another fun part of weddings! I think it is so fun to have that girl time to relax and laugh and eat and get ready together before the wedding. A family friend brought delicious food up for us, and we had mimosas and enjoyed listening to the Robyn station on Pandora (Adi's choice!).
Then it was go time! We grabbed our bags and drove up to Ulley's to get ready. The location looked awesome - it was all tented, with picture frames hanging to frame the gorgeous view. The flowers were lovely and Adrienne was such a stunning bride! I loved all of her accessories! We were told just to wear any teal dress we wanted, and we were all excited that we ended up looking great together! Right about ceremony time, the rain really started coming down. Adrienne was a trooper and I never heard her say a word about it! We walked a little ways under an umbrella and then stood under a tent. It ended up being freezing, but we toughed it out through the ceremony. And then - they were married! Yay!
The reception was a lot of fun, great food, good drinks and awesome music! They flew up a Beatles cover band from Austin, the Eggmen, who come complete with fake British accents and costume changes! It seemed like Adrienne and Garrett had a blast and it was such a joy to be part of their big day. The whole point of all this wedding nonsense is to be married and together at the end of the day, and even while it was raining during the ceremony and the bottom of Adi's dress was black from mud, I could tell that's all they wanted.
Sunday morning before our flight at 3:30 was our last little bit of free time, so we enjoyed breakfast and then did a zipline with 5 stages down the mountain. It was so, so much fun. It had just opened and our guides were fun and I am so glad we made time to do that!
Sunday afternoon at the airport is when things got fun! {sarcasm} We had all boarded our small plane in Gunnison bound for Denver and had pulled away from the gate when the pilot said due to thunder storms no one was landing in Denver, so we got off the plane to wait in Gunnison until we were cleared. Our connection time in Denver wasn't too tight, but it wasn't long either, so I went to wait in line to speak with a reservations lady. What I overheard was that 1) no one was flying in or out of Denver so our flight to Houston is delayed like we are, and 2) there were no more seats on the later flight to Houston anyway. We figured we'd chance it, and an hour or so later we were allowed to board our flight again and made it to Denver. Once we landed I had a message on my phone from United rebooking us on the 6am flight the following day from Denver to Houston. Oh, I was beyond irritated. There was nothing United OR Continental could do, and long story short, this merger business makes it very, very difficult to get good customer service from either airline. Also if your flight is canceled due to weather, you get no help with a hotel room. It ended up being a little fun - we got a discounted rate at a Doubletree so we stayed there with 2 of Adrienne's friends from NYC and walked to dinner nearby. The party continued! We took the first airport shuttle at 4:30am to the airport for our 6am flight (with no luggage to check) and had to run to our gate and barely barely made it. Furious is an understatement. And we had two middle seats. So all in all, lots of fun! Ha!
But really besides that travel fiasco, we did have a blast over the weekend and loved seeing some of Crested Butte, Adi's
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