Thank you my love for slowing your usually break neck speed for me and my pink cruiser.Thank you my love for buying me a scone because you could tell my temper was just a hint of the sugar crash about to arrive… I don’t get this much exercise on a regular basis yet.
Thank you my love for riding on my blind side so I would crash into you and not some other poor soul.
Thank you my love for riding near by when it got dark because you have all the night gear and lights and I don’t yet.
Thank you my love for talking to me all the way there and back and making me feel like we where young and in love again:)
I don’t know if we have had a chance, before tonight, to go biking in this lovely city of ours as JUST THE TWO OF US! It was fabulous and will be a regular date night idea from now on. We talked and talked as we pedaled together. It was affordable too, just stopped for a coffee at one point and the scenery was free and priceless! The exercise was great! You don’t really appreciate where you live till you get out like this! The city feels so much smaller when you are flying around on a bike.
(We go on dates so infrequently I made my guy take lotsa pictures of us to prove we DID IT!)
(I love my retro ride! It may be low tech but I usually get way more compliments about my bike then my guy does with his high tech, way to pricey ones… sorry honey but it’s true!)
We went all the way from our place to the river and then all the way down the new developed river side parks, to the canoeing club area then back to Broadway for coffee. Made a quick stop at a grocery store on 8th, a practical parent like stop to get a can opener (I busted the handle off mine) then up to a friends to return their house key and back home.
(Anyone who knows my man can believe the distance we went is possible for him but just so everyone knows I actually made it, here are these last few pictures as proof. Enjoying a coffee and a scone.)
It is nights like tonight that I remember Garnet is my best friend as well as my husband. We always had so much to talk about and loved doing everything together, back when we could, back before kids… and we need to be reminded, every now and then, that we LIKE being with one another and LIKE one another.
TTFN
A lovely write up Rebecca. Just made me weepy reading it. I love you and love Garnet but love him even more for making my dear daughter happy. Good for you two for getting out together. Love Mom
Sounds like an absolutely wonderful time! You guys are such an awesome couple!
Great post! I can so identify with you saying
‘it is amazing how hard it is for us to make ourselves go on a date and yet when we do it we have such a lovely time we can hardly wait for the next one… unless, of course, we wait too long again…’
That’s it in a nutshell!
what a wonderful date night!
I love your bike, and good for you for going so far!