Our story began in the fall of 2021 at St. Cloud State University. Noah and I were both in a hydrology class; one day Noah invited me to join his HydroGeo club (water and rocks).

We hung out together through numerous club events such as rock sales, hiking in Quarry Park, movie nights, and planetarium showings. The next spring, we prepped for the club's trip out west to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Throughout the adventure, we found we were both very interested in the outdoors and spent the whole trip talking to one another.

Once we came home from this trip, we very quickly planned to meet and hangout throughout that summer. As these things go... we hit it off instantly. We realized how much we enjoyed spending time together and spent little to no time apart. Some of the mini excursions we went on included star gazing, searching for agates, fishing, watching movies, and enjoying being around each other. As our love for each other grew and grew, this continued for a year and half until we planned our biggest adventure yet: a 4,000 mile road trip to Oregon. Little did I know, Noah had much bigger plans for this trip...

During June of 2024, we went through numerous states on our trip including North & South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Some of our favorite stops included Glacier National Park in Montana, Lake McDonald, Flathead Lake, Mount Hood in Oregon, and the best yet, Cannon Beach.

Cannon Beach was the furthest spot west that we traveled to. Thanks to the help of Noah's uncle, we were able to spend the night in town on the beach. That evening we walked down to admire the Haystack Rocks. We decided to take photos together in front of the rocks; to do so, we set up our camera on a tripod. As I admired the rocks, Noah came up behind me and got down on one knee. What started out as a friendship will soon turn into a loving marriage that will rock the ages.