Humanity & Connections Series
Every visitor brings a story underground.
Proposals on the heart, reunions decades in the making, and first visits from around the world. Meet our guests who make Howe special.
Summer 2024
Faces of Howe
104 stories
Summer 2024Meet Lee-Sara & Rob from Stoke-on-Trent, England
They have been together for fifteen years and have been married for six. Rob proposed at Zion National Park’s, Angels Landing. (Just as a fun dinner party fact…
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Summer 2024Meet Travis from Peekskill, New York
Meet Travis from Peekskill, New York and his Groomsmen! Travis is marrying Krystle, the love of his life, in October. All of these young gentlemen met through…
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Summer 2024Meet Joshua because of Oliver!
Oliver’s bright yellow sweatshirt with ears caught Betsy’s eye when she looked out her window into the parking lot. She wanted to know more! She ran downstairs…
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Summer 2024Meet Marcela & Jorge from El Salvador
They met on a blind date two years ago. Both felt a strong connection and immediately knew that they had the potential to build a beautiful and strong…
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Summer 2024Meet William from Cobleskill, New York.
Some days we get some very special visits. Today was one. Meet William (Bill). 78 years ago, he was born in Cooperstown, New York and raised In Cobleskill, New…
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Summer 2024Meet Halel & Tamar from Gush Etzion in the West Bank
Halel and Tamar met at Midrasha Migdal Oz (an Open Orthodox institution of higher Torah study for women located in Gush Etzion in the West Bank) when they spent…
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Summer 2024Meet Mingma, Lhamu, Dawa, Dende from Solukhumbu District of Nepal
Meet (left to right) Mingma, Lhamu (Mingma’s Mother), Dawa (Mingma’s Father), Dende (Mingma’s Husband). They are Sherpas from Solukhumbu District of Nepal…
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Summer 2024Meet Jackie & Allan from Tennessee
They’ve been together for about a year. Allan is a train engineer and Jackie is a real estate agent. Life takes us each on our own personal journeys but always…
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Summer 2024Meet Jessica & Tommy
Betsy noticed this all-American couple from Dutchess County, New York, in our Main Lodge and stopped them because she just knew that they had a good story to…
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Summer 2024Meet Amber from New York City
The moment Betsy saw Amber walk into the Main Lodge, she knew she had to meet her. Amber has been a licensed nurse for approximately a year. She also is an…
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Summer 2024Meet Michael from the Catskills
He lives in the town where the legend of Rip Van Winkle originated. Fifteen years ago, his father was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor. The doctors believed…
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Summer 2024Meet Tracy from Pennsylvania
Tracy is in the process of finding her light again. Tracy’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. She and her family watched her mother struggle with the illness…
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