We have created a wedding registry under "Elisabeth Osmeloski and Matthew Ostrander" at the follwing stores, click on the logo and links below to visit their websites to view registry information:
Elisabeth and Matthew :: Wedding Website
Elis & Matt's wedding site & blog.
August 18, 2007
April 08, 2007
Accommodations
Recommended Accommodations:
- Sorrel River Ranch Hotel & Spa
- Wedding & Reception Venue
- Hwy 128, Mile 17, Moab, UT
- 1-877-359-2715
- www.sorrelriver.com
- The earlier you book, the better the rates you'll be offered.
- Holiday Inn Express
- Approximately 18 miles to wedding venue
- 1515 N Hwy 191, Moab, UT
- 1-888-465-4329
- www.hiexpress.com
- Room Rates: $95/night
- Booking Code: weddingew1
- Block expires September 12, 2007
Other Accommodations:
* Other accommodations listed are in Moab, UT and are approximately 20 miles from wedding venue, unless otherwise noted. No rooms are blocked at any of these locations...so act quickly.
- Gonzo Inn
- 100 West 200 South, Moab, UT
- 1-800-791-4044
- www.gonzoinn.com
- Room Rates: $145-315/night
- Best Western Canyonlands Inn
- 16 S Main St, Moab, UT
- 1-800-649-5191
- www.canyonlandsinn.com
- Room Rates: See website or call for rates
- Best Western Greenwell Inn
- 105 S Main St, Moab, UT
- 1-435-259-6151
- www.bestwesternmoab.com
- Room Rates: See website or call for rates
- Red Cliffs Lodge
- Only 3 miles from wedding venue. We feel compelled to list this location as it is so close to Sorrel River Ranch; however, while the rooms are nice, the rates are a bit high for the accommodations you receive. We're also aware that, as of a few years ago, the tap water in the rooms (at least some of the rooms) is not drinkable.
- Also at this resort: Moab Movie History Museum, Castle Valley Winery
- Hwy 128, Mile 14, Moab, UT
- -866-812-2002
- Room Rates: See website or call for rates
This is by no means a complete list of the lodging options in Moab. Another popular option in the Moab area is camping. When you arrive in Moab you'll understand the draw of camping in this area.
Getting to Moab
There are several travel options for getting to Moab.
- The Moab airport is served by US Airways. Seating is extremely limited on these flights. However, there are no car rental agencies at the Moab airport, so travel beyond that point may be troublesome. (See travel coordination section: Find Travel Partners )
- The next closest airport is in Grand Junction, CO (GJT). The airport is served from Salt Lake by Delta Connection/Skywest; from Denver by United Express/Skywest, Frontier Airlines, and Great Lakes Aviation; and from Phoenix by America West Express/Mesa Airlines. The Grand Junction airport is about 90 miles from the resort, a drive that takes approximately 1½ hours.
- Another option would be to fly into Salt Lake City (SLC) and drive from there. The Salt Lake airport is about 250 miles from the resort, and the drive takes approximately 4 hours.
- A fourth option may be to fly into Denver (DIA) and drive from there. The drive from Denver is about 350 miles (all on Interstate highways) and takes 5-6 hours.
- A final option would be to fly into Las Vegas (LAS) and drive to the resort. This is an incredibly scenic drive. The drive is approximately 480 miles, and is estimated at 6-7 hours.
Whatever your travel plans...we can't wait to see you in Moab!
Find Travel Partners
We're adding this posting as a means for people to coordinate travel with others. Feel free to add comments including your travel plans (arrival date, departure date, # of people travelling, etc). You might just find someone else with the same plans. Travelling with friends, old or new, always makes for an adventure.
His side of the story...
I met Elis through the Teton Gravity Research online forum.
I joined the forum on a Thursday morning (I think it was October 21, 2004), after hearing about it on a business trip to California. The forum turned out to be rather addictive, and I spent more time on it that I probably should have (think work time).
The next day I got home from work and turned on the forum to find a post requesting help moving furniture from someone who had apparently just moved to Utah. It's probably important to note that the TGR forum is a gathering of skiers and snowboarders, and we had just received the first big snowstorm of the year here in Utah...so help from other forum members was hard to find. The friend that had introduced me to the forum explained that it is a tight community of members that go out of their way for each other, and I didn't really have any immediate plans, so I sent a message offering to help. I should also note that everyone on the forum has a "board name" and it's not always clear whether someone is a man or a woman.
I got a message back from Elisabeth explaining that she had just moved to Peoa (at which point I'm thinking, "Where the hell is Peoa?"). Turns out Peoa is just outside Park City, and I had loose plans to go out in Park City with a friend. I repeated my offer to help, said it was no big deal, and made the drive to Peoa.
I knock on the door at the house, and I'm greated with, "Hang on...here, take this dog treat" from a hand inside the house. I hear some more activity inside, and then finally the door opens and I'm ushered in to meet Elis' dog, Kage. Evidently, the "cookie" was intended to convince Kage that I was his friend...thankfully it worked.
I helped Elis move in the remaining items from her trailer (she failed to mention upfront that she had a sleeper sofa, and that I was going to carry the heavy end) and asked her if she'd like to come out to the bars with me and my friend...which she did.
The first date followed the next weekend. Brighton Ski Resort decided to open the last weekend of October (the earliest Utah resort opening on record) and I offered to give Elisabeth a ticket to come up and ski on Sunday...Halloween. She again accepted, and it ended up turning into our first date.
Our choice of October 13th for the wedding is no coincidence. Halloween would be a little late for a fall wedding, so we flipped 31 to 13 and found the perfect date for our wedding. Our choice of the 13th was firmly cemented when I found out that it would be the 61st anniversary of my grandparents' first date.
Matthew
Gratuitous Links:
March 11, 2007
Our Wedding Date: October 13, 2007
We've actually had the date picked out for quite some time now... but for those of you who don't know, here are the details of our wedding:
When:
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Where:
Sorrel River Ranch Hotel & Spa Resort, Moab Utah
Other Info:
We'll be having a mid-afternoon ceremony, with a formal dinner and reception to follow.
You can also check out the Travel section of our site for information about the Moab area, tips on getting there, and hotel recommendations.
Eww... It's dusty in here...
Time to blow the dust off this site and get down to serious business I suppose:)
Our wedding planning got sidetracked quite a bit between our busy schedules, and the major house renovation project. We did have a lot of fun in between too. As far as the house goes, we had the exterior completely redone with siding, gutters, new windows; and couldn't be more thrilled with our favorite two features: the bay window which has a gorgeous view of the mountains and our double front doors, which are 8 ft tall!
December 18, 2005
How We Met...
This space reserved for the He Said/She Said version of how we met... on the Internet! True Story.
Finally, We Answer the Number #1 Question: When's the Date?
We don't really know yet. HA! Good answer, no?
We are trying to figure it out, and while we'd love to get married sooner rather than later, our busy schedules are making it difficult to work around.
We're tentatively zeroing in on Fall 2007, which is terribly far away, but we just don't think we can pull it off for Fall 2006. Matt & I met in the fall, got engaged in the fall - it would be nice to also get married in the fall. Spring 07 isn't totally out of the running however.
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