One of my favorite dates ever with my husband was on our anniversary back in November — and it was also super cheap! We took our bikes to the Presidio in San Francisco and rode them across the Golden Gate bridge. It was one of the most breathtaking and spectacular experiences I’ve had.
The benefits from our date were three-fold:
- Quality time together away from the distractions of kids and electronic gear –no way to obsess over your iPhone when you’ve got your hands on those handlebars.
- A healthy way to spend the day – we burned a ton of calories on our ride (which offset the ones we put on when we shared that enormous ice cream sundae afterward!)
- Our little date was practically free – it doesn’t get any cheaper than that!
The view from our ride across the bridge
So not all of you live close enough the San Francisco to have this same ride, but there are plenty of places all over America that have great scenery and — after all – the real point here is to spend quality time with your mate, while getting a little fresh air. And lest you think you need fancy gear for a ride, all I had was my helmet, my workout clothes and a bike that came free with my Mercury Mountaineer back in 1999.
I made it work and it was so worth it!
SF Bay Area Tip/Lazy Girl Solution: If you ride across the bridge, then down to Sausalito, you can catch the ferry back to Fisherman’s Wharf and avoid the ride back up the hill.
