We met in Earth 101. The professor started class on day one by telling us that the green on the map was land, and the blue was water. Ryan never showed up to class again... good thing the lab portion of the class was required. Gretchen was an aspiring geologist (LOL), and Ryan was fulfilling a core requirement. We got to know each other before promptly forgetting each other after the semester ended. Ryan took the next year off from school to ski & wash dishes. Gretchen was finishing up her cross-country career. Then one fateful Sunday, we ended up at the same Super Bowl party, and Ryan was back on Gretchen's radar. Ryan was working in Yellowstone during the week, so the weekends were ours. We fell in love slowly and then all at once. After a couple of moves, lots of type 1 fun, and even more type 2 fun, here we are, settled in da’ boat.