They met in the beautiful Florida Keys when Riley moved into the dorm room above Ryan during the spring semester at Florida Keys Community College. Riley moved down to enroll in the dive progrgam and quickly found herself a new dive buddy, he was even from the midwest.
Under the harvest moon in Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin, Ryan proposed over looking Lake Michigan from Eagle Terrace surrounded by beautiful fall colors. This was the very first spot he took Riley to in Door County 9 years prior.