Having visited the North Coast just once before, Haley and Joe took a leap of
faith traveling halfway across the country to tie the knot. The ceremony would not
have been possible without the support of the Ocean Lodge staff and photographer
Julie Adams, they said.
“Even though Julie was our only wedding guest, she still would have been our
favorite,” Haley said.
Joe and Haley first visited Cannon Beach in 2017 when they were driving between
Seattle and Portland, and decided to take a detour out to the North Coast. During the
visit, they stayed at Ocean Lodge. The couple said they loved the experience so much
it was not hard to imagine getting married there.
“We stayed at the Ocean Lodge that time around and just loved it. It felt like
home,” Joe said. “The scenery and everything, out the window, and in town just felt
great.”
When the two started searching for potential wedding venues, their stay at the
Ocean Lodge came up and seemed like the perfect place to them, Joe said.
“It was a lot easier than we thought to make it all happen,” he said.
Joe noted that it was a bit intimidating at the start being a few time zones away
and not knowing anyone on the coast.
“When we decided that (getting married on the North Coast) was our dream and
we knew what we wanted to do. We first called the Ocean Lodge and told them what
they wanted to do and asked for help, and they really did a great job with giving us
information,” he said.
They found both their officiant and photographer through Ocean Lodge staff’s
help.
“For two fish out of water we would not have known any of the local secrets or
scenery to go and take advantage of so having (Julie Adams) and the Ocean Lodge as
resources just made it so easy and so much better of an experience,” Joe said.
By the end of their six-night stay, the Ocean Lodge staff started to feel like family,
Haley said.
The pair met at a company in Chicago but didn’t start dating until after Haley
quit working there. After five years together, Joe proposed to an unsuspecting Haley
during a date night. Haley said she was adamant about not wanting an engagement
ring, so Joe found two wedding bands he used in place of a ring when he proposed.
Haley and Joe will celebrate their one-year anniversary on March 1. While the
pandemic has put an indefinite damper on any celebratory plans with friends and
family, the two are happy to have a low-key commemoration at home.
“We talk about it all the time,” Haley said. “There isn’t one single detail of that trip
I would change.”
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