A Nevada Desert Road Trip Proposal

 

Christine & Josh

The Proposal

We were visiting Las Vegas for Josh’s best friends wedding and had planned an extra day to go on a road trip exploring the gorgeous Nevada desert. As a photographer, I have visited and photographed many places, but the desert holds a very special place in my heart and is by far my most favorite place I have every visited. Before even embarking on this trip, I kept raving to Josh about how excited I was to be sharing a day in (to me) the most stunning place on earth with him, and how special it will be. He must have taken my words by heart, because he immediately, secretly planned to propose to me on that day!

I had mapped out the entire day, starting at Red Rock Canyon then driving across the wide open plains to a quaint little ghost town, then to a secluded dry lake bed that I have photographed many times before and always leave a piece of my heart at. Along the way, I documented our trip with pictures, frantically running back and forth from my tripod, attempting to capture romantic images of us.

I had planned our trip to end at another dry lake bed which I have never been to, right at sunset to take the last pictures at. We frantically raced the setting sun, but it was descending much quicker than either of us had anticipated. I realized that we probably wouldn’t make it in time, and told Josh to just pull over then and there so we could hop out and soak in the magnificent sunset. We found ourselves in the middle of nowhere (somehow we had made it into California which we only realized later!) 

The ones that know Josh know, that he is a very outgoing person, always engaged in conversation and being funny. But at this point he was beyond nervous, completely silent, extremely fidgety and SHAKING. I asked him repeatedly what was “wrong” at which point he started repeating how beautiful the scenery was and that I was his best friend.. over and over. I have truly never seen him like this ever and before I could make any sense of it he fell on one knee and asked me if I would marry him. I was completely shocked, overjoyed and of course I said yes. 

The Engagement Ring

I have always dreamed of a more non-traditional engagement ring and when I came across a stunning champagne sapphire ring on Pinterest one day, I completely fell in love and knew that that was what I wanted. Josh had an idea of what I liked, so him and the jeweler together crafted a one of a kind setting. Josh even recruited two of my best friends to help pick between a few different hued sapphires. 

Photo Credit: Simply Bloom Photography

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