Love on the rocks: a bloody geology encounter [MF]

This happened 2 decades ago when I was in my early 20s. A few name changes and geographical identifiers omitted but I’m sure if my loving partner read this story she’d recognize enough; still think of her daily. My hottest encounter that I dream about to this day. First time posting/sharing and I’ll share more stories if I get a response that makes me want more.

As an undergraduate geology student we were encouraged to attend our state geological society annual field trip. It was a week long field trip that would make stops along the way where a guest presenter would describe what we were looking at and usually take a 1-2 hour hike with stops along it before piling into vans and driving to the next stop. The trip started on a Monday with an icebreaker on Sunday and every year a different university would sponsor the trip; this year it was our school’s turn and I had volunteered to help with the icebreaker. I was tasked with keeping the drink bin full and collecting coupons for drinks.