Last summer Geoff and Chase embarked on a 3 week trip to Scotland! About halfway into the trip, they camped in the most beautiful valley they have ever laid eyes on (commonly known as Glen Coe). Geoff had the ring with him since the previous Christmas and had been patiently waiting until he could find the right spot to propose to. When they arrived in Glen Coe, he knew he had found it.

The next day, they went out on a misty (incredibly rainy) hike to Coire Gabhail, the Lost Valley, where some scrappy MacDonald's hid themselves and their cows after some rude and extraordinarily unfriendly English soldiers murdered some of their clan. Besides being referred to as the most beautiful valley Geoff and Chase have ever laid eyes on, Glen Coe is also called the "weeping valley." This could be due to it's bloody history and/or the multitude of waterfalls cascading down from the sides of the mountains throughout the entire hike. The trail was tight and meandering and eventually opened to the wide expanse of the Lost Valley. Way, wayy, waaaaay up, at the veeeeery end of the valley, super far away, right in the center, there was a spot where it looked like all the waterfalls converged and dropped into a small cut out gorge. Naturally, Geoff decided that they had to get up there for the proposal.

Turns out, this portion was much too ambitious for most normal people to do given the rainy conditions, so Geoff and Chase were completely secluded except for an enormous herd of red deer on the other side of the valley. Shrouded in mist and just far enough away so as to not get a clear picture of them, Geoff and Chase agree that there is a 5% chance they were imaginary or ghosts. During this whole hike Chase had a hole in one of her boots because she was too lazy to get new boots before the trip and was starting to get very wet. When they finally reached the top, Geoff pranced down to a precipice overlooking the convergence of 3 huge waterfalls overlooking this amazing valley. Chase squished her wet wool socks and boots much more warily to the precipice. Right as they were both admiring the view, the rain (finally) stopped and Geoff decided this was definitely the right time and place to profess his love and propose. Chase agreed wholeheartedly on all accounts and they plan on living happily ever after.