Our big day is Sunday up on the N. side of Mt. Hood. Forecast is saying "a slight chance of showers" at this point, and being that we're at a fab venue w/ amazing views, we had totally planned everything (r dinner/ceremony/reception) to be outside. We're deep into worst case scenario/back up rain plans at this point. I'm feeling pretty satisfied w/ plan to canopy for r. dinner and reception. Whether it rains or not it will definitely be cooler and we want people to be comfortable. But I'm stuck on what to do about ceremony, which is 11 am on Sunday morning. If we canopy the ceremony area, I think it will really change the character of what we'd hoped to do, not to mention add even more cost (I'm not bitching, that's life in wedding world, but it is a fact) all for 30 minutes of ceremony at the most. One alternative to the canopy would be buying 110 cheap umbrellas at the Dollar Store for our guests and hoping that b/w 11 and 11:30 am on Sunday there's nothing more than a mist or a sprinkle, or no rain at all. Knowing our guest list, I think most folks could handle it. I guess it boils down to: rain or shine, I really want the ceremony to be out in the open/exposed (we'll be under a chuppah) and my concern w/ a canopy is it would totally change look and feel of what we planned for our ceremony. BUT, I am equally concerned w/ the potential for guests to be cold/wet/miserable. That seems like a very bad thing to expose them to. It could be a long half hour for them if it did rain, and a canopy would take care of that problem. BUT, what if we canopy and then it doesn't even rain? I will be bummed.Happily, we don't have to make this decision until tomorrow. Any similar experiences/wisdom to share out there? :-)