WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!

For a while we'd seen each other in passing around the museum where we both work. In January 2019 we worked on an exhibition together. Five months later when the exhibition came down, Rachel noticed Dave wearing a shirt with mountains and bears on it and knew she had to work up the guts to ask him for a beer. He said yes and on July 2nd we had our first date. Two months later we were paddle boarding in Hawai'i and the month after that we rented a camper van and went hiking all over the Cascade Mountains of Washington! Life adventures have been a cut above ever since.

After a season of great skiing all over New England, we headed to Killington, Dave's favorite mountain. We spent a cozy night in our camper van at a nearby trailhead and hit the slopes early the next morning. After Rachel crushed the Super Star Glacier for the first time ever, Dave suggested a quick hike in our ski boots to the true summit, beyond where chair lifts and gondolas reach. The sun had just come out as we trudged through a tunnel of snow crusted trees. When we left the tree line and hit the summit rock, Dave proposed! Rachel had been ready to say yes for a long time. We had a great run down a slow winding trail and celebrated with a slope side waffle. After a break for lunch in the van we took a few more runs, finishing on Cascade, Rachel's first ever double black diamond, the finger diamonds helped her own it! Killington is now just as special to Rachel as it is to Dave and we can't wait to get back on the Beast!