As sophomores at Saint Mary's College, Marissa and Connor were invited to attend a leadership retreat weekend in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They both had committed to go on the retreat, however, when the time came to leave they were both getting cold feet. Neither Connor nor Marissa knew a soul planning on attending the retreat which made staying on campus with their friends sound much more appealing. In the end, both Marissa and Connor decided to stick with it and go on the retreat. In the truest of fashions, Marissa had read and re-read the packing list and weekend itinerary showing up with all of the necessary items - pillow, sleeping bag, and blanket - while Connor walks in with a small backpack filled with his daily uniform of shorts and a t-shirt. Most of the other attendees seemed to know each other so Marissa and Connor struck up a conversation which, lucky for him, led to Marissa lending him one of her extra blankets for the weekend. Little did we know this would only be the first of many adventures, from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Brazillian Amazon to the beaches of Thailand to the Inca Trail of Peru, this is only the beginning!