11 days to go. The long range forecast is calling for sunshine and 16 degrees (60ish for all my American friends) at our location. Obviously since it's the Rockies, that will change at least 75 times between now and then.
Is 60 kind of cool? I live in the frozen north, to me anything above zero is t-shirt weather. FH calls me his little penguin all the time because I am always warm, too warm. I am a terrible judge of temperature. It's going to be sunny (please loan your collective positive energy to good weather for us) and we are doing tents, but there is also lots of outdoor space where people can be if they don't want to be in the shade. We probably don't need heaters for the tent though, do we? I can make room in the budget if I have to, but it seems like it might be unnecessary? It's an outdoor wedding, everyone knows that, so I expect people will dress properly. I just don't want them all chilled and sad during lunch. Lunch is taking place just after 1pm, so around the warmest part of the day. I'm definitely not worried about it being too hot, especially because we don't have to put all the walls on the tent if we think it's going to to be warmer.
Suggestions? Do you think that's too cold to go without heaters? My rental company assures me that we can add them fairly last minute if there is going to be rain or the forecast drops significantly. Just not sure if I should be planning on it anyway, if the temps do stay as anticipated.
Re: Tent Heaters (Please Don't Let The Forecast Be Wrong)
I think we can arrange heat if you think we would need it. Alternatively, right next to the party tents there is a large building with tables inside and a very huge stone fireplace. It's sort of a camp kitchen I guess? We could also have a fire going in there so that people have a warmer area to socialize, in fact I anticipate that some of our friends will have a fire in there regardless, because camping.
I'm hoping the forecast shifts for the warmer, but I am going to call the rental place tomorrow anyway and just discuss the heating options and what they recommend for a tent situation of our size, pricing, etc. The crew is definitely outdoorsy and cold-hardy so I don't think we need to keep the whole place toasty warm, but I definitely don't want anyone to be uncomfortable.
Glad I am not alone! The majority are from Alberta (actually the bulk of the locals are from 3 hours north of here) and a small number are from Ontario, so still northern folks. Nobody coming from further south than Toronto. Only one elderly person is attending. I'm going to just look into heating options in case the forecast changes for the worst, but I am hoping it goes the opposite way and we don't have to worry about it.
Do any of your guests have autoimmune issues? You may want to get the tent heaters to be on the safe side.
No autoimmune issues, only one elderly guest.
I spoke to the rental company and got info and quotes. They said we can talk again on Monday if I want to add the heaters. It was 25 degrees (77 F) out there at our reception site yesterday, so it's possible it will be plenty warm. I'm going to keep checking the forecast and make the call a few days out.
I'm from Alberta and knowing the Rockies, I would rent some heaters. Weather changes super fast in that area and having them available is probably best. The mountains got snow yesterday or the day before ...
I went to a wedding in Banff in the middle of the summer (daytime wedding to boot) and froze my ass off. It was midteens but overcast and windy.
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