Erina and Josh met one fateful night in San Luis Obispo when a mutual friend invited Erina to surprise Josh for his 19th birthday. That night, although their conversations were scarce, a spark was born. Since then, they hung out a couple times in group settings, but it wasn't until their junior year when they started talking and connecting through a class they coincidentally took together, History of Landscape Architecture. One night, after celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday together, Erina casually invited Josh to hang out with her and two other friends at Terrace Hill. To her surprise, Josh left the friends he came with and said yes! It was on the top of Terrace Hill where Erina and Josh created their first memory together and their relationship took the next step. The next day on June 12th, 2018, Josh asked Erina to be his girlfriend and she said yes!

During a road trip down to Irvine, Josh was able to easily convince Erina to take a pit stop in SLO first. Erina, Josh, and Kona spent the morning and afternoon in SLO doing all of their favorite things - the day consisted of brunch at Del Monte Cafe, followed by coffee at Scout, a stroll through downtown, and a hike at Reservoir Canyon. After all of their favorite activities, Josh asked Erina for a dinner time picnic at their most sentimental spot, Terrace Hill. They ordered takeout from one of their favorite restaurants, TASTE, and enjoyed their dinner with a view overlooking SLO. After they finished eating and the coast was clear from all tourists, Josh read a “post-anniversary” letter to Erina. The final line of the letter read, “As I said yes to hang out with you on Terrace Hill three years ago, will you say yes today on Terrace Hill to spend the rest of our lives together in Love? Will you marry me?” To which Erina, in tears, said “Yes!”, and the rest is history!