Our story started July 8th, 2020, in a hot tub! Tyler's hot tub to be specific. Tyler had one of his best friends in town, groomsman DJ Doug, and was hosting him for a week before he set off on a road trip to California with another friend, Ulrik, from the University of Rochester that Tyler didn’t really know. Coincidentally enough, Kelly had met Ulrik back in college while studying abroad in Uppsala, Sweden, and they reconnected several years later while both living in Boston. Fast forward to Wednesday July 8, 2020 when Ulrik and Doug were both staying at Tyler’s. They had one day left in Denver before their road trip started. While Tyler worked that day, Ulrik contacted Kelly who he knew was living in Boulder, CO now. Kelly, Doug, and Ulrik all hiked the Flatirons. After nearly passing out of heat exhaustion, Kelly took an ice cold shower, recovered, and was asked if she wanted to come back to their friend’s house (Tyler’s) to Hottub that night… I/Tyler am so thankful Kelly’s desire that night to meet new CO friends outweighed her being exhausted and staying in. Kelly met Tyler that night, and was impressed by his rugged physique and charm, as well as by how much wine he had in the house that night. She watched him pack up a backpacking pack on his way to Telluride like nothing she’d ever seen, and told him she’d like to go camping someday… Tyler thought that sounded like a most excellent idea. The rest is history!