Mike and Nicole met on the Bumble. Mike went on a mountain bike ride after work, showing up just in time to put on sandals and a clean T-shirt as Nicole rolled up on her bike. The couple talked about growing up in the Midwest, international travel, Ann Arbor's geographic location including Nicole phoning a friend thanks, Paige!
Our heroes dated in person for six weeks before they were out of town for the following seven weeks in a row. After committing to stay in touch even though it had only been a little over a month of dating, they both made good on their plan. Upon returning to Fort Collins, they met up for a secret date planned by Mike that involved breakfast, bikes, paddle boarding, and a bonus stop at a brewery.
They haven't looked back. Mike and Nicole's love grew as quickly as a fast-moving Colorado storm on a sunny summer day. When our heroes are not out biking, hiking, and camping, they can be found tending to their garden, reading books on the couch together, watching documentaries, baking bread, and trying out new IPA's bonus for dinosaurs or astronauts on the can.
Mike and Nicole got to travel to Germany for Christmas ! Mike lived there for two years and was excited to show Nicole around.
Nicole was immediately at home surrounded by beer, mulled wine, and cheesy carbs. Our heroes agreed to limit the number of souvenir mugs and glasses since they had to fly home at the end of the trip. Within seven hours of arriving in Cologne they had no less than nine glasses deemed impossible to pass up.
