2020 Georgian Bay Wedding Guide 10th Anniversary Issue | Page 118

W
e met at a mutual friend’s cottage on Canada day Long
Weekend. We had both been attending this Canada Day
party at the same cottage for years but had never been there
on the same days! Our friend thought we would hit it off, so in
2016 she ensured we were both there at the same time. A blind
date of sorts, neither of us knew we were being set up. To this
day we give her credit to setting up this amazing relationship!
It was in the fall of 2018 Anthony planned us a trip with some
friends to Collingwood. The plan was to go to a wine event,
but on the day before, he said his sister forgot to buy the
tickets. The plan changed to going on a hike instead. I love
hiking so I was all for this idea! The Saturday came around
and it was rainy and cold, I was not feeling the hike. I had
put up a fuss, not wanting to go. Little did I know Anthony
had this hike planned all along and the ‘other plan’ was a
ruse all along! We had done this hike in Collingwood every
Thanksgiving together and had one lookout spot we both
really loved. As we were hiking, I had hurried him along, not
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knowing his goal was to go to our spot, we ended up missing
the turn for the lookout where Anthony had hoped to pop
the question. He had to re-think his plan on the fly. He tried
first by asking if I wanted to turn around because I was cold,
but stubborn me, I said we had gone this far we were going
to finish the hike. Anthony knew of a spot up ahead, a ravine
with beautiful mossy rocks and tall cliff faces. We scaled down
the ravine, then he walked on top of a rock face and asked
me to join him. Of course, I refused as it looked too steep.
But he persisted and eventually got me to join him. Once we
were up there, he got down on one knee and asked me to
marry him! All my fussing and he still asked me to marry him,
he was a keeper! I love our little story, all the twists and turns
just make it that much better!
When choosing our venue, we wanted a place that was personal to
us, somewhere we felt at home. Anthony’s sister offered her farm
in Collingwood to host the festivities. We’re very thankful for her for
helping with every aspect of preparing the property for a wedding.