WHITEFACE HOLLOW 251 Hackett Hill Rd South Tamworth, NH

Ryan and Jess met in high school in his senior year and her junior year in a vocational criminal justice class. Both of their high schools bussed them over to a bigger high school for a class theirs didn't offer. They were friends and hung out and talked in class, but they would never see each other outside of school. After he graduated that year, they lost touch. Around 3 years later, Jess got a message out of the blue from Ryan on Instagram saying "Hey! Hope you're having a good year at school. I was wondering if some weekend you're home if you would want to do something". Obviously she said yes!

On a trip in Colorado visiting family, they decided to take a day trip to Estes Park. They knew they loved this place because Jess lived in Denver when she was younger and made trips to Estes frequently, and Ryan had visited on a previous vacation a few years before. Ryan wanted to show Jess a hidden lake up a trail that he had hiked before, and after finding the trail buried in feet of snow, they hiked to the top of a small mountain with a beautiful scenic overlook of the Rocky Mountains. After looking around for a few minutes, he told her to take a picture of the mountains with the snow falling over them. When she turned back around, he was on his knee holding a ring and asked her to marry him!