Cooperstown has the Baseball Hall of Fame, Canton has the Football Hall of Fame and Springfield has the Basketball Hall of Fame. Each draw people from around the world to pay homage to the best of the best in their Read more…
Every year we plan to go to County Line Orchard in time to pick Honeycrisp apples and every year we’re a couple weeks late. Today’s Date Day changed that! We braved the 95-degree heat, hiked to the very end of Read more…
We’ve been talking about, and looking for, a “retirement home” for several years and have been driving our friends and family nuts every time we commit to a different part of the country. We’ve considered dozens of areas and looked Read more…
We love botanic gardens and go to the Chicago Botanic Garden a couple times a year. For this week’s Date Day, however, we decided to try out the nearby Friendship Botanic Gardens in Michigan City, Indiana. We were not disappointed. Read more…
We got a bit of a late start today so we had to stay relatively close to home. Since the weather was perfect, we decided to spend our Date Day at one of our favorite local hiking spots – Bailly Read more…
Our first Date Day was September 2, 2015. We went to Michigan City, explored antique stores, had a nice lunch and started our adventure. Today, we marked 139 weeks in a row by going to Crown Point, IN and doing Read more…
Picnics and pig’s ears and peckers, oh my! Spring has finally sprung! After weeks of indoor Date Days, we were able to break out our hiking shoes, tear off our clothes (ok, our coats) and spend the day outside. And Read more…
We are big fans of Lake Michigan. We visit its beaches, walkways and hiking paths frequently during the spring, summer and fall, but don’t spend much time there during the winter. Today, we decided to do something different and drive Read more…
Today was a crisp and clear fall day so we decided to go on a hike with our dog, Nova. We opted to try our luck with a Date Day to Conrad Station, site of the infamous ghost train and sunglass Read more…
We decided to mix it up a bit today and do a variety of things on a single date. Our goal was a combination of antiquing, a picnic and a visit to a ghost town. Armed with picnic supplies and Read more…