A mutual friend organized a group hike and invited over a dozen people. Andy and I were the only ones who showed up on that day. It was a long 10-mile round-trip hike to the top of Old Boney Mountain in Newbury Park CA. With only 3 of us on the hike that day we had plenty of time to chat and get to know each other. Eternal thanks to my dear friend for setting up what turned out to be a very fateful hike. The photo below was taken by a random hiker on that actual day!