October 2, 2004

Dave Tearle and Gretchen Muller of South Lake Tahoe, California held their wedding in a place they had both lived and loved before - the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Both rock climbers, they love the mountains and the outdoors. They love their families, their friends. And they love each other.

"The quiet thoughts of two people
a long time in love touch lightly
like birds nesting in each other's warmth.
You will know them by their laughter
but to each other, they speak mostly through their solitude.
If they find themselves apart,
they may dream of sitting
Undisturbed in each other's presence
wrapping themselves warmly
in each other's love."