joshco7
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After many years of friendship, love, and adventure I asked my girlfriend Rachel to marry me between the "hitch-up matildas" at Avalanche Lake. It was Thursday June 17th, we set up camp at Avalanche Camp, then hiked up to Avalanche Lake. There was nobody around, it was quiet and peaceful, and the perfect opportunity to give her the ring. She said "YES." Rachel and I have hiked and backpacked over 500 miles together, most of those miles were covered in Washington State, but we're looking forward to adding up the miles together in the northeast. We are both from Connecticut so it was nice to get engaged in the northeast, we know we can visit the lake anytime we would like. That night we enjoyed a small bottle of champagne I secretly packed in and also had a bear visit our camp at 3:45AM to investigate our bear canister, a great addition to our story. The next day we climbed to the false summit of Mt. Colden and relaxed for the afternoon, we also investigated Indian Falls on our way back to Avalanche Camp. Mt. Colden was very quiet, didn't see anybody all day, Indian Falls was also empty. We hiked out on Saturday and passed tons of people hiking in, it was nice to be leaving before things got over crowded. Staying away from Marcy and Algonquin helped us avoid people and made our experience a lot more personal and wilderness like. Happy trails to all!!!!!
Josh
Josh