An easy way to create a fun adventure is to pick a theme and then explore it, root and branch.

If you look at all the ways that humans love to play, many involve water in one form or another. Whether it’s in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state, water is the perfect medium for playing in, on, or around. If you want to create a fun day centered around this amazing substance (wading, floating, diving, driving, or any of the dozens of ways to interact with water), use one of the date lists below as a guide. Try to check off each item in your chosen list over the course of a day or weekend.

Date 1: The Amazing States of Water

  • Solid: Treat yourself to a day at the ice rink. If it’s the middle of summer and blazing hot outside, even better! Whether you’re a beginner using training skates or an experienced skater who can skate backwards, this is a really fun way to spend a few hours. If it’s the middle of winter, and you would prefer to be in a remote area, separated from the buzz and hum of people, you can go ice fishing instead. This takes more preparation and advance planning, but is a very unique experience that anyone with an open mind can potentially enjoy.
  • Liquid: Visit any body of water that is swimmable, and go all the way in. Even if you can’t swim, you can immerse yourself completely and float around for a while. It’s super relaxing to let go and allow the water to support you. If it’s the middle of winter, find a local gym or YMCA with an indoor, heated pool. If there aren’t any, then maybe it’s time to book a night at a really nice hotel with a pool. This is a date, after all. Nothing wrong with a little extravagance.
  • Gas: Speaking of extravagance, a very relaxing way to experience water is in its gaseous form, at a sauna. People have been building sweat lodges and saunas since the early days of humanity. After a day of ice skating and swimming, a relaxing few hours in a sauna is a perfect way to end the day. It’s a powerfully detoxifying experience for the body, mind, and spirit.

Date 2: Choose Your Own Water Adventure

  • Working boats: Tag along on a working boat (a lobster-fishing boat, a boat that delivers mail to coastal islands, a research whaling boat, etc.). These actually exist, and you can reserve a seat and join them as they work on the water.
  • Follow a river: Starting from whatever location is convenient to you, either trace a river to its source, or follow its path to the sea. Either way, let the river be your guide. You can do this on foot, by car, or by boat.
  • Propel yourself: Use only your own strength to traverse a body of water. Travel by paddle boat, canoe, or kayak.

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