After church I asked her if she would like to go for a drive to check out a beach that might be used for a youth camp event. I told her that I had never been there before and that it could be fun and adventurous. When we arrived at the beach, a random lady approached us and gave us a piece of paper and told us that the beach was doing a special scavenger hunt that day and asked if we wanted to participate. We said yes and she handed us a map with clues on it. We followed the clues and it led us to a place on the beach where we dug in the sand and found an old green bottle. Inside was another map and clues. We followed those clues and continued to find about 5 more old green bottles buried in the sand. The last bottle with map and clues said that the “treasure chest” was close. We followed the directions and found this old treasure chest buried in the sand by a large rock. When she opened it in all the excitement she was mystified to find a picture of us in a frame with her first name and my last name engraved on it. When she whirled around in shock I got on one knee and pulled the ring out of my pocket and asked her if she would marry me. She could only nod as tears came flowing down. Suddenly there came cheers and applause from a nearby cliff where her close friends stood with a video camera. And they lived happily ever after.
- Allan B., Lancaster, California