#JUSTADATE: Outdoor

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Hike - Packsaddle Lake

July 26, 2019

Step by Step:
(1) Get a good car to take you up to the lake!

(2) Plan on being on the date at least 3 hours (1 hour rides each way)

(3) Ask out your date, pick him/her up, and hit the road!

(4) Ask each other questions on the car ride there and listen to good music

(5) Endure the bumpy road to the top

(6) Hike down to the lake (20 minutes)

(7) Explore, swim, adventure, have fun!

(8) Hike back up, drive back (careful, down can be just as crazy as up), thank your date for going with you, and take him/her home.
Link to Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Packsaddle+Lake/@43.7702882,-111.3443184,16.04z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x535396c94e376b63:0x2ddc8df0c7e16ede!8m2!3d43.7703659!4d-111.3402996

Cost:

This is a relatively inexpensive date, you just need money for gas to get up there. From Rexburg its about an hour drive, so just be prepablack for that (2 hours of driving, one hour there and one hour back). Other than that, I would recommend taking food for a picnic (so maybe $10).

What do you need:

A sturdy car (ideally with 4 wheel drive)
Bug spray
Swimsuits
Towels
Sun screen
Water
Food / snacks

Where to get the supplies:

If you do decide to add things to the date (see Ideas to mix up the date), then most of those things can be found at BYU-Idaho’s ORC for a really inexpensive price.
http://www.byui.edu/orc/rentals

Ideas to mix up the date:

Make it a longer date and take stuff for a campfire and food
Take hammocks and hammock by the lake
Take a Frisbee
Take a canoe or kayak or waterboard
Try fishing in the lake
Take bikes (mountain or dirt bike) to ride on the paths all around the lake
Take buggies or 4 wheelers
Take instruments (guitars for example) and jam out in the woods
Take card games or play other group games while there.
Make it a double or a huge group date!

How to do the date:

With this date, I would start by making sure you’ve got a good car to get you up there. They’ve improved the roads a lot since I started going, but it’s still a bit of a rough bumpy ride to the top of the mountain. After you get there, the trail is a bit steep going down, but it’s usually pretty clean and clear. So once you’ve got a good car and someone willing to hike, I’d take food and take off for the lake! After your hour drive, the hike itself is really short… maybe like 20 minutes and you’re at the lake. Once there, there is so much to do! There’s a rope swing with two different jumping points (see pictures below), a wooden diving board (I know it looks a bit sketchy, but the water is deep and the board is sturdy), a ramp to jump your bike into the lake, a lot of places to jump in to swim, trails to hike around the lake, and a lot of trees for hammocking. After you’ve had your fun, hike back up to the car, drive the hour back, and take your date home!

Expectations:

Learn a bit of what your date is like on long car rides (including what kind of music he/she likes)
See how adventurous your date can be at the lake (is he/she willing to be daring and jump from high places, is he/she willing to swim across the lake, etc.)
See how well your date can handle rough roads (or your driving on rough roads)
Learn if your date is a hiker and what he/she thinks of the outdoors.
If there is any type of injury (which can happen hiking) see how well he/she either deals with it or helps with it.

Type of date: It’s a bit of a longer date (plan on 3 or so hours), so maybe a third or fourth kind of date, but still #justadate

No car: If you don’t have a car, then you’ll need to make it a double and go with someone who does. There’s no getting there otherwise!

Pro Tip:

Again, I just really recommend bug spray, there were tons of horseflies that bite!
Don’t push your date too hard to do any of the jumps or things if he/she is uncomfortable with it. Especially if your date is a girl, if anything happens to her that she doesn’t like because you pushed her to do it, she won’t be as interested in another date. Plus she won’t trust you as much.
Always keep a first aid kit in your car in-case something happens while on the hike or at the lake (such as scrapes, cuts, etc.)
Take a speaker (ideally waterproof) to listen to music to while you swim.

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justadate

Little Yellow RC Plane in the Park - By Brigham Kriser

May 07, 2019

Step by Step:

(1) Purchase the airplane on amazon.

(2) Ask a girl on that date.

(3) Plan a day, time, and place for the date.

(4) Pick the girl up and you can either drive or walk to the park, depending on how far away and how cold/warm it is.

(5) Take out the airplane and briefly fly it to demonstrate how it works for her.

(6) Explain and teach her how to fly the airplane.

(7) Be patient and helpful as she learns how to get the hang of it. Laugh and keep the mood light, be encouraging and kind.

(8) After flying and having a good laugh, walk around the park shortly and just talk, get to know the basics about who she is.

(9) Take her home and thank her for the date.

Optional - This would be an awesome date to do picnic food with.

Cost:

$35 - $40 (for the first time, then free every time after that)

If you do food or some sort of treat, I would add another $10.

What do you need:

A date

A good place with enough room to fly a little RC plane.

Food for a picnic (optional)

Where to get the supplies:

One RC plane option is found at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074P1W8VY/ref=sspa_dk_detail_10?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B074P1W8VY

Food - Grocery store

Where to do the date:

Top of R mountain

At the Nature park

At Porter or Smith Park

In a field or church parking lot

Ideas to mix up the date:

Make paper airplanes as well

Try different parks or open fields, other places out in nature to see new pretty sights and enjoy other outdoor places.

Make it a group date and race planes

If possible, attach a GoPro (camera) to the bottom of the plane so you can see what the world looks like from up above.

How to do the date:

You may want to learn how to get the hang of flying the airplane first so that you can show and teach your date how to do it. Try to figure it out so you can effectively teach how to fly it because it may be a first for your date but very unique and fun for them too. It’s very exciting once they finally learn how to do it a little bit and it always brings a big smile to anyone’s face. It opens up great opportunity for interaction with each other and conversation with some good laughs and light feelings. It is perfect for just getting to know somebody better. I would recommend doing this is spring, summer, and early fall. Winter would be a little cold. This RC plane in particular is good because it’s simple and basic to fly and it’s also small and very light and so when in crashes, which it will many times, no damage is done.

Expectations:

You can learn about someone’s appreciation for the outdoors and enjoying life and nature and fresh air.

You can learn a lot about someone’s willingness and desire to try new things.

You can learn about someone’s desire to persevere and at least give their best shot at trying to learn something new which may or could be different and difficult at first.

You can expect some good laughs and needing to be a little patient until the date gets the hang of it.

You can expect good conversation and a fun feeling of trying something unique but really cool and simple too.

Type of date: #JustaDate

No car:

If you wanted to do this date without a car, I would suggest picking a park or place close by (you could even try doing it in a nearby EMPTY parking lot) and then either walking to pick up your date and then walking to the place, or meeting your date there.

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Favorite Things to Do as a Kid

May 03, 2019

Step by Step:

(1) This is step one, depending on whether or not you want to do food, but if you do, making it a childhood favorite is an awesome idea! You can either find out in advance, or just make it happen on the spot.

(2) Go pick up your date (pretty straightforward)

(3) You and your date both write down a list of three to four of things that you loved to do as a kid. If you know your date well and think that he/she will need some time to think about what he/she liked to do, then give tell him/her in advance to come up with a list.

(4) Once you’ve each come up with your list, then you each decide on one thing from each other’s list to go do. Then go do those things!

(5) After having fun and going and doing those things, thank your date and take him/her home!

Cost: Since there isn’t a set cost with this date, you’ll need to set a budget. I find that a safe budget is anywhere between $15-$20. But depending on your finances, it can easily be a lot less. That’s why you both make a list of 3-4 items that you liked doing, it gives you the flexibility to choose ones that are easier on the wallet.

What do you need:

Depends on the childhood activities that you decide to do together!

Where to get the supplies:

Depending on whether or not you decide to cook something from your date’s childhood, you might need to go to the grocery store. Other than that, it’ll all just depend on what you’re going to do together!

Ideas to mix up the date:

You could cook something from each of your childhoods.
You could find a fun activity that you mutually liked doing as kids and do that, talking about why you each individually liked doing that as a kid.
Make it themed – something you liked to do as a kid outside, inside, on a certain holiday, with a group of friends, with your family, on vacation, by yourself, board games, etc.

How to do the date:

When I do this date, if there’s food involved, I usually start off by trying to eat something that was my date’s favorite childhood food (I’ll either ask her ahead of time or on the spot). If making food is too hard, you could also just go to her favorite childhood fast-food place. The next step from there (if there’s no food involved this is the first step) is to tell my date that the whole point of the night is to relive fun childhood memories/activities. I then have my date write down three things that she loved to do as a kid. Things usually range from drawing, to toys, to certain games, etc. I also write down three things that I loved to do as a kid. From there you swap lists and you each pick one or two that you want to go do. This requires a bit of creativity and being quick on your feet. Depending on whatever is easiest, we’ll do that activity first. During both activities, the point is to have fun, while asking questions about our childhoods and families. This gives you an easy way to get to know her past at a deeper level.

-Questions you ask might include:

--Why was this activity one of your childhood favorites?

--Who got you into it? Mom? Dad?

--Which parent are you closest to?

--Which parent are you most alike?

--Did you do this activity with your siblings?

--When you were growing up, what chores did you dislike the most?

--Etc.

After we’ve spent some time doing each activity and reliving our childhoods, I usually thank my date for the awesome time and take her home. If we have a bit more time though (and we didn’t already make/get food) I like to grab something sweet and go somewhere to keep chatting and getting to know each other’s past and families.

Expectations:

- This date gives you the opportunity to learn a LOT more about his/her childhood and what he/she likes to do.

- You should ask lots of questions and be willing to share a lot about your childhood.

- These types of questions can be deeper (which is why this is a deep date) and you can see how open and vulnerable he/she is willing to be.

- You can compare similarities and differences in family background and talk about things you each hope to do within your own family.

Type of date: #Deepdate

No car: This date would be a lot harder to do without car. That’s because the activities that you’d do aren’t set in stone and might be hard to do in one place. However, if you didn’t have a car and still wanted to do this date, what I would do is just talk to your date ahead of time and get a list of things he/she liked to do a kid and pick the ones that you can do in your apartment or on campus. It doesn’t make the date as spontaneous, but it still provides you the opportunity to really get to know each other and your childhoods.

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Indoor

The ABC Date

November 13, 2018

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Indoor

Get-to-Know-You Photo Scavenger Hunt

November 12, 2018

Step by Step:

(1) Pick up your date & go somewhere to eat a treat. (e.g., Ice cream, frozen yogurt, hot chocolate, donuts, cookies, chocolate bars, etc.)

(2) Once you and your date have sat down and started eating, pull out the pens and paper.

(3) Tell your date that you both are going on a Get-to-Know-You Photo Scavenger hunt.

(4) You both write down 4-5 questions that you want to get to know the other person better.

(5) Then you swap lists and go wherever you need to, to take pictures to answer the questions.

(6) After you both have at least one picture to answer each question, find a place to sit down and tell the stories behind the pictures.

· Sometimes I do this back at my apartment, other times if it’s nice outside I’ll just do it at a nearby park. I’ve also done it just sitting in my car with my date, because it was too cold outside and there was nowhere else to sit and chat just the two of us.

(7) Once you both have finished sharing your pictures/stories in response to the questions, take a picture together and then take your date home.

Cost: It really just depends on what you choose to do for a treat while you talk and make the lists. I always try to set a budget of $5-$10, but it can easily be much cheaper than that!

What do you need:

· Two pieces of paper (note cards work great).

· Two pens

· Two working phones with camera capacities

Where to get the supplies:

· Well ideally you have a phone that works, and your date does as well. If he/she doesn’t, you can just share one phone.

· It’s pretty easy to find paper and pens.

· If worse comes to worst, you could just make the lists on each other’s phones.

Ideas to mix up the date:

· Make it a surprise, just tell your date that you’ll be doing a get-to-know-you activity.

· Set a theme for the questions

· Eat different desserts

· Make the lists longer (6+ questions)

· Have two pictures per question

· Pick one location to find all of your answers

· Do it inside, outside, at Walmart, library with books, etc.

· Try doing it in reverse, you each take pictures of 5 random things and then you have to try to connect them to stories in your life (so no lists of questions).

· If you don’t have a car, you can just meet at a centralized location (such as campus) to which you both have access (you can pick up treats in advance)

Expectations:

· Get to know your date in a creative way and share/hear funny stories

· See how creative your date is

· Share stories from your life

Final Thoughts:

This is a really fun get-to-know-you date because it gives you the opportunity to hear & tell cool stories, using pictures. I start by picking up my date and going to the predetermined place to eat the treat. Another option is deciding together where to go get the treat (I usually do this by telling my date that I can’t decide between two options). Once there, I like to sit down with my date and just chat for a bit. Then at one point, I pull out the pens and paper and tell her that we’ll be doing a get-to-know-you scavenger hunt. To do this, we each need to write down 4-5 get to know you questions that the other person has to answer with a picture. For example, “What’s something that you are passionate about?”, “What’s an important thing you’ve learned this week?”, “What is something that reminds you of a fun time with your family?”, and “What’s something that scares you?”. Once you’ve each written down the questions, swap lists and individually think about what’s the “best picture” that could be taken to answer it. Once you’ve done that, you just need to go to the places to take the best pictures. I usually go to the park & Walmart (you can find pictures to take of anything there). After we have all the pictures, I look for a quiet place that we can sit and show the pictures and tell the stories. If this isn’t my apartment or her apartment, sometimes it’s just in the car before I drop her off. After I finish, I drop her off!

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