Once upon a time, two conniving friends came up with a plan. A plan for two young people to "coincidentally" meet upon a mountain. Their plan was hatched in secrecy, until Caleb resisted hiking in a party of strangers and had to be convinced by, and I quote his mom here, "There's a girl your age and she's single". Excellent beginnings.

The day was set and the hike was on, although neither were expecting very promising results. Caleb trudged ahead distinctly avoiding any communication, like a Sasquatch harassed into leading a hiking party. Amidst the ascent to the top of Hesse Mountain, Rowan challenged the Sasquatch to a race to the peak. It was a very narrow race (allegedly the Sasquatch won, but since no one was at the peak to bear witness we will never truly know). While awaiting the rest of the hiking party a conversation was struck up and interest was peaked in a few shared interests such as literature (Tolkien may have been mentioned) and inquisitive questions about game trails.

Well, one does not simply go up Hesse Mountain and return dateless. Plans for a second hike became necessary; little did we know what a harrowing and fateful hike it would turn out to be.

Traversing the sweat and tear stained trails of Lake Angeline, we found icy relief in the lakes of the 7 Brothers, forged through bogs, and brawled our way through spike infused baby lodgepole pine forests born of evil. Weary and half starved we wondered if we would survive, but when Rowan mentioned the golden word "Burgers", the Sasquatch turned into a bull moose and rammed through the forest. From that point on, the fantasy of the World's Best Burger at the Cowboy incited us to rally and forge our way home.

After a 12+ hour hike, we all sat weary but victorious. And Sasquatch was feeling the victory most of all, as he was emboldened to ask Rowan out on a date. But how would he accomplish this? The party trudged out of the house to go home, and Rowan went to retrieve her backpack from Caleb's vehicle. As they said good night and she turned to walk away, the Sasquatch made his move. Complete with a finger gun, he throws out his ingenious proposal, "Hey do you wanna get burgers sometime?" To which she responded, "Yeah sure", and it was on. As Rowan walked away, the Sasquatch remembered a small minor detail and called out, "Should we exchange numbers?", which was a much better idea than attempting to show up at the same time by happenstance.

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