Rachel Sorensen married Galen Boydston in an outdoor wedding on Waldron Island on Saturday, Aug. 25 at the home of the groom’s aunt, Thea Patten.

Rachel is the daughter of Don Sorensen and Sara Smith of Tacoma, Wash. Galen is the son of Tom Boydston and Suki Patten Boydston of Friday Harbor.

The wedding was attended by the couple’s families, much of the Waldron community, and a few dozen of their other friends.

Rachel and Galen met at Evergreen State College, where they were captains of the women’s and men’s Rowing Crew teams, respectively.

The new Boydston couple will reside in Deer Harbor on Orcas. Galen works as a forestry technician and arborist-in-training for Rain Shadow Forestry Consultants. Rachel will commute half the week to Tacoma, where she is lead teacher for the preschool/kindergarten class at the Tacoma Waldorf School until January.