Help Me propose to my G/F

“First and foremost - this won't happen till Fall (Sept or October) although I have the ring now (as of last week).

Because of our love for the outdoors, I would like to propose when the leaves change colors during fall.

What I am looking for from all you is:
1) Ideas of a good location (I hike the AT and backcountry of NE. Ga Alot)- I will go check it out ahead of time so please be specific with directions.

2) Unique ideas of how to propose.

Current Ideas:
1) We like to GeoCache Together as well as hike. I was going to leave 3 plain rings with GPS coordinates on each that would take us to three places - Our first waterfall, the first resort we stayed in in the mountains, and the top of a Mountain to camp and propose at night. If you don't know what GeoCaching is - check out (www.geocaching.com), in short it is a orienteering/trasure hunt witha handheld GPS.

2) The "Walasi-Yi centre " Which is the first stop for hikers onthe AT. Behind the store there is a balcony that overlooks the mountains that (I think) shows a beautiful sunset. I have to check which Direction it faces.

3)) I was thinking of some way I could hollow out her walking stick and somehow make a compartment for her engagement ring. So she is carring it the whole time. Of course I don't even know if this is possible - any stckmakers with input, or know of anyone I could talk to - this owuld help.”

“Long Morning - Im apologizing for my spelling in advance.”

“Don't do it!”

“Tarp, be nice...not all marriages are bad...I think he is trying to be very romantic! Go for it!”

“Ideas...being a woman who loves the outdoors too...am thinking...”

“The GeoCaching option sounds good. Go for it!”

“Why wait--get it over with. You should never keep a secret from somebody you want to spend the rest of your life with--especially for months--ugh.”

“Take her to the most expensive resturant in town. One with a piano player or jazz band. Tip the bandleader to call for a volunteer to help with a song. Step up and start singing. Make your way over to the table with the microphone and after the third bar, mumble something about forgetting the words and the go down on your knee and propose over the microphone in the middle of the resturant.

Have the waiter bring out the flowers and champaigne.

Women may like hiking, but they melt over that stuff.”

“I think I'm gagging..stick with the backpacking idea...Here's how I ended up proposing to my misses...I was away at school at the time, it was the nite b4 the Superbowl..She asked me to drive back home that nite to watch the game with the family...I told her to that I'd need cheap sex if I were to drive home at 1 in the morning..she said marry me...I said OK..she said are you serious..I said yep..I'm getting my pants on..she said OK...I drove the 2 hours home..we got gas and took turns driving the 5 hours to Vegas and were married at the Little White Chapel in Vegas on Superbowl Sunday...I even watched the 1st half of the game(Packers & Patriots)..and the rest is history”

“LOL at wsdavies (even if ya DO like oil drilling in the prettiest places!!)

Go for the geocache idea. I geocache too. I'm taking it you wouldn't list it on the site then, for all to see?

hehehehe... I'll go geocaching for that ring as my trinket prize!!! LOL HEY!! Just don't make it a travel bug!!!

Bacpac, that is such a lame idea. I mean, it might be fine for some, but if she likes the outdoors, I'd think she'd like it to be outdoors somehow”

“I'd rather get shot down in the middle of the woods than in the middle of a crowded restaurant any day.”

“leave her!
quit your job!
live in the woods!
and call a space monkey every once in a while for a hummer!”

“Salty, I also posted this in the walking stick thread... but I like it... ever think of dehydrating some food with the ring in it???”

“She might drop the stick over a clff-
Have her wake up to it hanging from the lantern tie inside the tent-put a pretty bow it,
or hide it inside her stash of toile paper----she will freak.”

“just don't hide it in your underwear drawer, she will find it

that's where I find my ring. Sort of ruins the surprise”

“Whatever you do, it helps if it is memorable. I never really proposed properly (like practically not at all) and it haunted me. She even had to loan me the money to buy her ring.

Well, we've been married 28 years and she still has the rign. I guess it wasn't that bad.”

“bacpac sounds like a pusssy whipped punk”

“What Tarpy said.”

“Cache that sucker at about 14,000 ft. and find out if she really loves you.”

“Phil, you can always propose again...or for the first time. Doesn't matter if you are already married. Propose again and renew your damn vows, bastard! ;)”

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“Thanks for the ideas! Keep em coming - making notes as I go along.

P.S.
If you know N. Ga well - leave some suggestions on where. We have a tendancy to hike to waterfalls, so if you know of any that are not well known, let me know.


Side Note: Please don't post "Don't do it" and/or usless posts like that on this thread.”

“'or hide it inside her stash of toile paper----she will freak'

hmm. not sure if associating taking a dump in the woods with getting engaged is all that romantic. Stick with the putting it in her food idea. But make sure you know the himlick incase she swallows it.”

“Hey Matt, swinger called me a pw punk. Get rid of him!

sniff”

“I always thought that part in Castaway was cute when T. Hanks gave his g/f hand towels and a pager for Christmas...then he walks away with the keys. Then he comes back and gives her the ring.

MAN. I'd kill him

funny though. So, you should do it in the outdoors, but do it on her birthday or Christmas or something. Give her some fishing line, a new trowel. Especially if she's expecting it. Then, hit her with the real thing, the zinger!”

“Hey frito-
Where is she most likely to find it.Had not thought about the symbolism.Neat thought.”

“About as close as I have gotten is that we renewed our vows at our 25th anniversary celebration. We celebrated my parents 50th, my 25th, and my sister's 25th all at once. We called the the "100 Years of Marriage" Celebration. It was great. The same minister who performed my wedding and my sister's wedding did the vows along with my brother, who is an ordained minister.”

“Here is what you do. Take new ring, sell it. Take the ring money, buy yourself me, tarpy and kodiakman a plane ticket to Vegas. Go directly to the strip bar.”

“After taking her to one of the finest restaurants in town for Valentine's dinner, think up an excuse for her to stay in one room in the house while you prepare. When ready, lead her down a path of rose petals to the rose petal-strewn couch in front of the fireplace with candles on the mantel and a scented candle on the rose petal-strewn coffee table. Then, over glasses of wine and appropriate toasts, give her the customary Valentine's Day gifts. Make sure the box of chocolates is last and insist on sharing one. Open it for her while getting down on one knee, open the plastic gumball machine 'ball' that you used to make it look like a chocolate, and ask her to share the rest of her life with you.


Well, it worked for G00SE. I did say yes.”

“Skully, are you trying to tell us something??”

“Too subtle?”

“Well congratulations! Although I havn't met you, and just recently found out you were seeing another TTer, I wish you all the best!! How exciting for you!”

“Thank you!


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“I thought Goose was one of Buddha's buddies. Has he broken the HMWH bond so effortlessly? Maybe if we called an emergecy meeting we can still save him.”

“Congratulations you guys! When did this happen??? How about a picture for the photo page!!”

“Well, there is a photo of us together on the weekend that we met. It's on your photo page, Phil, it's one of the ones I sent you.


Bacpac, it's ok. If you're worried, it's probably not contagious. If you're envious, it'll happen for you just give it time.”

“Here it is.


We haven't got a more recent one yet but we're working on it.”

“We're the two in the middle, bookended by jerbear and walkindude.”

“everyone looks so happy in that photo.”

“We had just come to the conclusion that the automatic timer wasn't working and that it wasn't going to take the pic after all. Of course, that's just when it snapped it.”

“Congratulations,... here`s wishing you both the best!!! He`s a lucky man!”

“Thank you Big Foot!”

“saltlick - is your fiancee a cow? just wondering”

“I saw that pic after I asked for one. However, it isn't the most flattering.

Anyway, congratulations!”

“Don't worry Phil, I'm sure we can find a better one to send you!”

“Here's how it went for us. Good reading, maybe an idea or two. Good luck.

This past New Years day and the second, we had a room up to Sunday River Ski resort. On the first, we had a good day of skiing, and although it was quite windy, we still had a good day of it. Even played on a snow board for awhile. At 4:00 or so, we went to get our room. It was ready, and we unpacked and came down to inquire about dinner. As we were doing so, Jeannette noticed some steam from outside the window by the front desk. An outdoors hot tub!!!

We rushed upstairs and changed into our bathing suits quickly, threw some clothes over them and hopped into our sandals. We looked very much a part of the polar bear club heading out there. We peeled down to the bathing suits and got into the tub. OOOHHH!!! Was it ever hot. Jeannette got a reverse ice cream headache and had to calm it down, the temperature change being just a bit too much. (It was about 10 degrees with a hefty wind blowing out.) Soon the headache was under control and we are enjoying the hot tub. We had to stand up several times and cool off. After about 15 minutes we leave, and are so hot exiting the tub that we don't feel the cold. Our sandals are freezing to the wood deck as we walk. We do love a hot tub, especially after a hard day of skiing.

We head up to the room, shower off the tub chemicals, and relax in each other's arms before dinner. Soon, we're off to dinner at Rossetto's. I drop Jeannette off at the door and park the truck. It seems quite cafeteria-ish, then realize this isn't the place. Upstairs is Rossetto's, which turns out to be a very nice, dare I say, romantic, dinner spot. The dining room is dimly lit, and the tables have nice little candles burning. The music is playing softly and we are seated in a little corner table. I am not hungry at all, but this time it is Jeannette who is famished by the days skiing. (By the way, I am in no danger of starving) I do nibble, ever so little, off her plate and some of the bread stick. For desert, a very tasty sponge cake with cream and chocolate syrup is brought to the table. It was just way too rich!

Completing dinner, we return to the lodge and warm ourselves by the stone fire place. Shortly, I take our jackets to the room, as Jeannette moves to a small couch a little ways from the fire. I join her there and we chat, arm in arm, in front of the freshly stoked fire. We are recounting the events of the day, how much fun they were, and how we each enjoy having each other to share these events. We speak of the upcoming trips and how we can't wait for more good times. I asked her "Tell me, would you like to get married?" With some excitement in her voice, she says "Yes, I would like to get married to you." As she answers, I reach for the box in my pocket, open it and offer it to her. Jeannette places the gold band, sporting three diamonds, on a finger she has kept empty, for just such a ring. We embrace for a while and savor the moment. Jeannette confides that she was hoping I would ask her. I confide that I had the ring for over a month, waiting for the right moment. And that it only took me three hours to ask her tonite. As we get up to leave, we pondered if the fatigue of the day, that promised a very good nights sleep, could overcome the excitement and bring sleep to us tonite.

We returned to our room, but delay making any plans until the trip home from the mountain. We slept in each other's arms quite nicely and awoke to a very windy day that precludes any skiing for the day. Our trip is cut short, but New Years Day will always be remembered as a very special day to us, for more than one reason.

Best of luck to you.”

“Just make sure you do the 'get down on one knee' thing!!”

“Wow! Congrats and best of luck to skullcap & G00SE.

Saltlick - If you can figure a way to videotape it, do so. I taped my proposal and it made a nice intro for our wedding video. Sometimes in a marriage, it's helpful to go back and relive the emotion that brought you together.”

“Wow, skully, how did I miss this?? LOL Congrats to you guys, you already know how I feel about it. How romantic can a guy be???”

“Tie her to a tree. Dig a hole. Ask whatever you may. I'm certain she'll say yes.”