After hiking 70 miles of The Wonderland Trail…

I met Traci & Bill to rescue them from their intense 5 day long hike, and photograph their elopement day. Traci and Bill are also elopement photographers, and she wrote a whole blog about their experience and reasoning for eloping in Mount Rainier! Here's an excerpt:

“I remember when Bill and I first started talking to each other, he asked me what was one adventure I had not done yet that was at the top of the bucket list. My answer was simple, hike the Wonderland Trail. It was no secret that I had fallen in love with Mount Rainier the summer before meeting Bill. It was a place of un-understood beauty, possibility and healing to me. Our first summer together, Bill and I were scouting a trail for a client and that hike felt different. We were both SO happy, even though the clouds hid the mountain. We would since go back to that trail often to take different routes, say hello to our mountain goat friend at our couples elopements and experience some of the most beautiful sunsets we had seen. However, this trail meant a lot more, because it is where Bill knew he wanted to marry me. Mount Rainier truly has a special place in our hearts.”

You can read their whole blog by clicking the link below. Enjoy reading and looking through their elopement story!