Beach wedding variations

On Saturday I had the pleasure of officiating a wedding for a wonderful young couple.  They had, what I would call a formal beach wedding.  The house that they had rented was on the beach with dunes between the house and the beach.  The house also had a large patio and sandy area between the house and the dunes.  They had set up the patio area for the reception, with lights and tables.  The mother of the bride provided all the decorations herself and it was absolutely beautiful.  They had an arch  and flowers creating an aisle and then an arbor for the ceremony.  The groomsmen met the bridesmaids and escorted them "down the aisle".  The father of the bride escorted her to her groom.  The entire group had tears in their eyes at this point.  When the bride and groom exchanged vows, there wasn't a dry eye anywhere, including them.  It was so emotional and so sweet.  After the pronouncement, the groomsmen escorted the bridesmaid back down the aisle and as there was an extra groomsman, he escorted me up the aisle.  That was the first time that I had been escorted at a wedding that I officiated. :-)
The point of this blog was that they chose to have their beach wedding, not on the beach but on the sand behind the house.  This was a good decision - as it was a very windy day and the dunes and the house blocked most of the wind.  It was a beautiful ceremony and set up. 
Don't be afraid to think outside of the box when planning your wedding.