Echo Basin - Weddings I

This is what you see when you drive into Echo Basin Ranch - at the end of a three-mile climb to about 8,000' elevation backing up to the San Juan National Forest.  Pines and ponds, waterfalls and wildlife.  The owner, Kathi, has turned this into a Destination Wedding venue with a Southwest flavor and it is booked solid from late May through early September, virtually their whole season.




Here is a workamper setting up for the outdoor Saturday wedding.  Its a great view, kept green by rolls and rolls of artificial turf, and very well landscaped with stone and plantings.  Simple, but effective and appreciated.










Inside, the banquet room can seat about 200 and we often helped set that up, too.  I also did minor maintenance on the cabins and Ava worked mainly in the office.  Other workampers like Bob and Kim and Wayne and Marveen worked the other days.  Ava's people skills made Kathi want her in the office on the busy wedding weekends so she could deal with the bride and the bride's mother!







The Wedding Pavilion was a simple affair that was redecorated every weekend by the bridal party.  To my amazement it was never ruined by the ever-present afternoon rain showers.  Several times the rain held off for only a 15 or more minutes - but it always held off!  Made Ava and I surmise God truly loves weddings.