Brandie & Joe in Custer State Park, SD
Brandie and Joe met through mutual friends during their freshman year of college at the University of South Dakota. It wasn't until their junior year, however, that they went from just saying “hi” in passing to spending time alone together. The Bride Brandie Salverson, 26, physical therapist The Groom Joe Rainboth, 26, admissions counselor The Date August 30 Exactly three years after they'd started dating, the couple went camping together at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park. Joe asked Brandie to take a walk around the lake at sunset; he'd been acting strange all day but she thought nothing of it. The couple stopped walking to climb an outcropping of rocks in the lake, and it was there that Joe asked Brandie to marry him. Soon after, the couple began planning a rustic, outdoor wedding to take place right next to Sylvan Lake.