It was a Tinder date! According to the dating app, we had only one mutual friend… someone in California! We were both very intrigued to know how two people living in Virginia had that particular mutual friend. Turns out, neither of us are super close with her, but we really hit it off! Our first date was amazing, and by the second, we were smitten!

Sean had only 1 state left in the continental U.S. to visit, so I planned a trip to Portland, Maine! On August 31, 2017, we spent the whole day exploring the city. Everything we wanted to do next was "only about a mile" away from wherever we happened to be. We ended up walking about 16 miles that day! We ate some local food, shopped, walked by the water, made friends at a gin distillery, and drank mead. It was an afternoon full of new things and a lot of laughs. As dinner time approached we walked back to the hotel to change. After such a wonderful day, Sean couldn't wait any longer. He proposed right there in our hotel room. Just the 2 of us. And I said, "absolutely YES!"