Our story: How it all began
Mark and Lauren met at a bike rack and peddled off into the sunset.
Not exactly.
Mark and Lauren did meet at a bike rack when they were both working in Louisville, but as most good stories go, there have been some twists and turns along the way. Not much happened at that initial meeting, but in the coming weeks, Lauren pretended she was a daily bike commuter to impress Mark (she was not), and Mark made excuses to visit Lauren’s office (e.g. “I’m doing an inventory of the building’s recycling bins.”)
Sadly, Mark took a new job in Atlanta just a few months after they met, but these two were not discouraged. They spent a couple of years traveling back and forth, including weekends spent in Asheville, Nashville, and a hot and humid camping trip in Big South Fork. The time they spent together in those first couple of years was limited but jam-packed.
In 2017, they took the plunge and moved to Seattle together. Over the past six years, they built a great community of friends, traveled up and down the West Coast, and adopted two sweet pups from South Korea. In the process, they have learned patience, humility, and perhaps a sense of humor. In this past year, they made the move back to Kentucky where a familiar, yet exciting new chapter is unfolding.
They’ve lost count of the years they’ve been together, but they’re excited to put an official date on the books.
Asheville, NC - Black Balsam Knob - April 2016
Big South Fork, TN - September 2016
Lake Crescent, WA - June 2018
Kauai, HI - December 2018
Yakima, WA - May 2019
Mount St. Helens, WA - June 2019
North Cascades, WA - August 2019
Olympia, WA - February 2020
Grayland, WA - April 2020
Rabbit Hash, KY - August 2020
Moab, UT - August 2020
Yachats, OR - October 2020
Ebey's Landing, WA - November 2020
Mount Rainier, WA - November 2020
Cave-In-Rock, IL - November 2020
Grand Canyon - December 2020
Frankfort, KY - June 2021
Capon Springs, WV - July 2021
San Luis Obispo, CA - January 2022
Vashon, WA - January 2022
Louisville, KY - May 2022
Grand Coulee, WA - February 2023
Hamma Hamma, WA - March 2023
Long Beach, WA - April 2023
North East, PA - July 2023
Yachats, OR - August 2023
Salish Sea, WA - September 2023
Kailua Beach, HI - December 2023
Volcanoes National Park, HI - December 2023
Mauna Kea, HI - December 2023

Solar Eclipse - April 2024