After dating for a little over a year we were finally able to take a trip to visit Jeremy's grandma and family in the mountains of North Carolina. One of the days we were there Jeremy planned for us to go sight-seeing and picture taking of the great fall colors. We left for our adventure towards the Blue Ridge Parkway. When we pulled up to the entrance we saw that it was closed and Jeremy asked for me to look for other places we could go for "scenic views" using my phone. Because I know nothing about the layout of towns in the mountains I first started bringing up places that were hours away from where we were. Here is where he started getting a bit frustrated - I was thinking he was getting upset with little old incompetent me. Jeremy ended up just driving to a nearby town that he remembered having great views and we were back on track. We ended up at one of the entrances to the Smoky Mountain National Park and drove around for a while. We got to a hiking trail and decided to take a walk down to the creek. There I found this really pretty area with a walking bridge over the river and wanted my picture taken.
I thought we were ready to go after that but Jeremy turned me around and got down on one knee. That was all I needed to burst into tears. On that note he looked concerned and asked "Are you ok? Is this ok?" I was somehow able to convey to him to continue with his plan and he asked me to marry him. There was a YES! in there somewhere between the tears of joy.
So no frustration with me over not being able to find anywhere just anxiousness on his part for his plot being foiled. But I think this plan worked out pretty well too!
