With Tom in school full time, date nights have become a bit of a rarity. These days we don't have much to spend on anything but groceries, rent, and gas. But even if we had an abundant source of date night money, Tom barely has time for home work - so we probably wouldn't go out much anyway.
This has made times we do go out and away together very precious. It has also made us more economical about what we do on dates - they usually have to serve at least 3 different purposes for us to justify doing them. Going to church and out to lunch after for example, includes a scenic drive along the river, an 8 or 9 block walk, and pizza!
Anyway, going to a park fulfills at least 5 purposes (time together, fresh air, exercise, photo op, and its FREE), therefore it is justifiable and a frequent date night choice.
Our last date was a section of Fairmount park right near out house. The whole park is so beautiful - its full of huge trees, rivers, mountains, old bridges, biking paths, hiking trails, historic sites, etc.
The trees here must be way older than the ones in Michigan. I don't remember seeing this many extremely tall, thick trees there - even on our walks up north.
Sleepy Saturday morning faces
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