In 2020 Rachel and Spencer met in Portland, Maine. For their first date they walked around Portland’s Back Cove, just down the street from the neighborhood where they both lived. They talked and laughed for the next two hours, bonding over their love for adventures and how their vehicle choices couldn’t be any more opposite (Prius + 1978 Ford). Over the next few years they spent their free time hiking, camping, going to drive in movies and road tripping across the US while Rachel attended her clinical rotations. They eventually decided to make the move to Michigan, where there were more adventures, family get-togethers, and lots of laughs. In September 2022, the couple adopted their first dog named Spudnick. On May 6, 2023 Rachel and Spencer made a trip back to Maine, where Spencer orchestrated a crazy plan to propose to Rachel on their favorite hike, at the top of the mountain that over looked all their favorite places in Maine.