The day after Amanda graduated pharmacy school, Jacob and Amanda went on a graduation trip to california! They started in San Francisco, but spent a bulk of the trip camping at Yosemite National Park. They were both very excited to explore the national park, but not thrilled about the rain, hail, snow and cold! They made the most of the trip with plenty of hiking. Jacob had bought a new hiking backpack that they were switching off carrying. Amanda immediately noticed the bulging box-shape in the hip belt pocket on day one, but waited patiently. On one of the last days they slept in the car due to a forecast of potential 12 inches of snow. They woke up to a sunny day (finally!) with snow on the mountain tops. They stuck with their plans to hike to the top of Yosemite Falls. Rangers informed them that trail conditions were dangerous, but went ahead anyways. Alone, at a pretty out cropping, Jacob got down on one knee and asked Amanda to marry him. She said YES! FYI- they made it to the top of the mountain!