We met on May 27, 2023, in San Diego.
Carolina had returned to visit the hostel where she had worked a few years earlier with two great
friends, Gila and Marco. That night, there was a small Memorial Day weekend gathering, and
that’s where she met Mark, who was spending the weekend in town.
What neither of us expected was that this chance meeting would turn into a story filled with travel
and adventure. Between Las Vegas, Chile, Canada, Kentucky, and many flights in between, we
learned that distance feels a little smaller when you’ve found the right person.
After a year and a half of adventures together, Mark proposed in one of our favorite places,
surrounded by the mountains and lakes of Canada. Coming from opposite corners of the
continent, our paths crossed when the timing was just right, and we’ve been walking through life
together ever since.