07/04/2025
Tonight, 15 years ago, I asked Hotdog to marry me. My original plan was to ask her at Hanging Lake (really beautiful waterfalls here in Colorado), but they closed the area down (that day!) for summer renovations.
So….. I went to Backcountry Brewery and asked if they had any openings for dinner and a view of the fireworks.
They did not.
Then I mentioned that I hoped to ask my girlfriend to marry me that night. The manager said, “Heck yes, let’s do this!” then we went to the next level, and we set up quite a nice night!
He allowed me to hook up an iPod (remember those?!) to play our favorite song (Dave Matthews—You and Me) at 9 p.m., just as the fireworks went off over the marina. I had Sami’s best friend, her mother, and Sami’s mother in attendance. (Thank you for the support, ladies!!)
At dinner, I was so nervous that I only had a chicken wing. And several beers LOL. She said yes, the fireworks went off, our song played and we made a lot of new friends that night.
Thank you for the good memory and thousands more honey ❤️