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During the elopements, her husband Bill takes photos via drone and shoots video.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Some look like elopements or first-time trips for nervous couples; others look like tearful reunions or contemplative solo journeys.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2021

Lindsey Ganahl, an Issaquah-based photographer who specializes in adventure elopements, saw inquiries surge by as much as 75% this summer.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2020

Mary Ellen’s father, Thomas Love Peacock, had been close to the poet Shelley, whose life, writes Johnson, “was a harried one of bailiffs, angry parents, elopements, death, delusion, passion, semi-madness, wife-sharing, and suicides.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

"We do have a good many elopements," he acknowledged.

From The Four Pools Mystery by Webster, Jean