Sarah Methvin and Jordan Poss enjoy their June 15, 2013, wedding. Photos/Steffi Smith, Cariad Photography
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hen Sarah Methvin and Jordan Poss became engaged, they embraced not just a new phase in their lives, but the challenge of remaining fit and trim for their June 15, 2013, wedding day. “I kept in shape for my wedding gown by doing the stairs at Tallulah Gorge,” Sarah Poss said. “We love hiking and we especially love going to the gorge. It’s one of our favorite places and we tried to see how many times we could do the steps. “We would go to the gorge, do the steps
and then have lunch at the Universal Joint in Clayton. We loved it,” she said. For more than 100 years, Tallulah Gorge has been a popular spot for both group outings and couples in love. The dramatic vistas and thundering waters of the natural wonder pull people from around the world to appreciate its beauty. Jordan Poss, of Clayton, remembers that it was during an early visit to the gorge that he and his future bride, of Greenville, S.C., formally decided they would date one another. It was a decision that took the couple a bit of time to reach. Though the couple is the same age, 29,
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and attended Bob Jones University at the same time, they didn’t know one another there. It was several years after graduating, when Jordan Poss was doing graduate work at Clemson University and she at Furman University, that mutual friends set them up. “There was a get-together and we were conveniently put in the same car to ride together to the Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg,” he said. “The ones who set us up had their first date at the Beacon, and they were hoping some of that good juju would rub off on us.” It worked. Afterward, the two ➛
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