A Simple Elopement in the Great Smoky Mountains

They were supposed to have a big wedding in California last weekend, but all those plans changed when the pandemic hit. She’s a doctor at an NYC hospital, and he is an orthopedic surgeon. You can only imagine the emotional and physical stress they’ve been through the last few months. The one thing that kept them going was each other. He was her rock on the most emotional and stressful days.

Four years ago, they met in med school and Yash knew from the day he met Kamal that she was the one. So, when their wedding was cancelled, they decided to drive down to Gatlinburg and elope in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And so they did - with a jaw-dropping view of the Great Smoky Mountains brushed with “smoke” lingering across the mountaintops and dancing with the wind. With the Foothills Parkway nearly all to ourselves except a few motorcyclists (scroll for more on that!), they read their own hand written vows, said I Do, kissed and immediately turned to take in the panoramic view as husband and wife.

Photographer: JoPhoto
Officiant: Always + Forever Weddings