May 15-17, 2026 | Mendocino, CA

Timeline

Friday, May 15

Welcome Dinner

Time: 6pm - 8:30pm

📍Noyo Center Marine Field Station, 32430 N. Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg (map)

We invite all guests to join us for a waterfront welcome dinner. We encourage folks staying in Mendocino to carpool, as the harbor has limited parking. Additional parking lot available as you continue past the Field Station down North Harbor Drive.

Attire: Festive casual

Saturday, May 16

🦦 Wedding Morning Riverside Sauna

9:30am - 1pm

📍 Albion Biological Field Station, 3400 Albion St, Albion (map)

We invite all guests to spend the morning with us by the Albion River for wood-fired sauna, cold plunges, and river kayaking (~15 min drive south of Mendocino). Don’t forget your swimsuit, sandals, and a towel! We’ll have 3 staggered start times for sauna, 20ppl each: 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 — sign up Friday night. Come any time to hang by the river and take out a kayak for a cruise. Kids welcome, drive slowly through the neighborhood.

Attire: River ready! Swim suit, towel and/or robe, sandals, warm layers.

💍 Our Wedding Ceremony

Please arrive no later than 3:30pm to be seated for a 4pm ceremony

📍 Ford House Lawn, Mendocino Headlands State Park, 45035 Main St, Mendocino (map)

A big moment on the lawn, followed by a short group stroll to our reception. Please note, there is no dedicated parking for this site, but street parking is free and available nearby - no need to re-park after the ceremony. All events Saturday PM, from the ceremony through the end of the night are within a <10 min walk radius.

Attire: Garden cocktail

🍕 Wedding Reception

5 - 8pm

📍 The Brickery at Café Beaujolais, 961 Ukiah St, Mendocino (map)

Dinner, drinks, and toasts in our favorite garden.

Attire: Garden cocktail

🪩 The Party

8 - 11:30pm

📍 Valerie, 10546 Lansing St, Mendocino (map)

Dancing, dessert, and merriment in a converted woodworker’s shop.

Attire: Garden cocktail

Sunday, May 17

🍽️ Farewell Brunch

9:30am - 12pm

📍 Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar (map)

Coffee, brunch, and lounging on the back lawn to fuel your Sunday activities or journey home.

Attire: Casual

☀️ Farewell Stroll

12pm - 1 or 2pm

📍Jug Handle State Natural Reserve (parking)

Optional post-brunch stroll, just down the road, with options for a short or slightly longer route.

Gifts

We’re thrilled for this next step together, and more than anything, we appreciate your travels to Mendocino to be with us. We have all the material things we need between the two of us. If you’d like to offer some written words of marriage wisdom that we can tuck away and refer back to in the future, that would be appreciated.

If you’d really like to gift us something, we are registered with Heath Ceramics (link here). Alternatively, if you’d like to help us print and frame some of our memories from the weekend, a gift card from Framebridge would be lovely.