Andy and Angie met at the rock climbing gym in Santa Cruz in November 2017. Andy attempted to make small talk with Angie about rock climbing which she hardly understood. Thankfully, Andy moved the conversation on from climbing and asked Angie on a date for that evening. They had some great conversations over beers at Lupulo and were basically inseparable since.
In summer of 2020 Andy and Angie were evacuated from Santa Cruz due to the fires. They decided to go backpacking in their favorite place since they were homeless anyway. They found a backcountry lake and each caught a fantastic brook trout (thanks to some intel from a fellow angler) and that is when Andy proposed to Angie.