Well, he popped the question! The Captain asked me to marry him!! Hit me right out of left field!!!
Oh, I knew . . . eventually . . . that it was going to happen. We've been seeing each other for more than 2 years now . . . I just wasn't expecting it to happen THIS weekend.
He made dinner reservations at the restaurant on top of McCloud Mountain and asked if I could leave work early enough to make it up there before the sun went down. I managed to get away from the office about 3:30 . . . hit bad traffic on the way home . . . finally got there about 4:30! He seemed a little distracted, but I didn't think much about it. We headed toward LaFollette about 5 . . . plenty of time before sunset.It's such a beautiful place . . . a gated community with limited access . . . restaurant/resort on the property with a "skywalk" just down the street. I'd taken your mom up there a few years ago which is how I even knew about the place to begin with. The road up there is crazy curvy!! The view from the dining room is spectacular!!
It was chilly, but the sky was perfect . . . leaves showing their fall colors . . . clouds drifting across the horizon. We both took some pictures then had another couple take a picture of us. The Captain was taken aback with the beauty of the place and insisted we wait for the sun to actually go down, but with each minute that passed, I got colder and colder . . . until I was just ready to go . . . no clue about what he had in mind.
As the sun disappeared behind the last cloud, I turned to walk back to the car . . . toes nearly frozen . . . when he called me. Turning back around . . . a little annoyed . . . I watched as he dropped to one knee . . . presenting a small box as he did.
Left me speechless for a few moments . . .
. . . then I whispered a "yes."
This is a map of the view you can see from the restaurant:
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