Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped
Jul 04, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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Episode description
American hiker Andrew McGowan and Taiwanese student Shallen Yu spent one glorious day together eating ice cream, stargazing and bonding over peach cobbler in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2013. They were determined to be together against the odds.
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