Lynne and I enjoy doing many things together. We like hiking and getting outdoors together. So, the first day of spring this year (2004) we packed a couple of sandwiches and hiked 11 miles (and about  2200 feet in elevation gained and lost) in the Columbia Gorge. 

 We like traveling and exploring places on- and off- the beaten path. So last summer we went to Hawaii, played in the surf, went shopping on the Kona coast, and hiked out (as dozens of other people did) to see the lava flow into the ocean at dawn and dusk,  but also hiked 2+ miles up a stream, fording water up to our necks, to see a remote waterfall that precious few others have.

Aside from hiking, we're also fitness buffs, and often meet at the gym for weight training. (Naturally I move more weight than Lynne does: Lynne bench presses 70lbs ten times where I press 185!)

Lynne and I like  doing home-improvement projects. Some are more collaborative efforts, like the gas-insert fireplace we installed in the family room; other times one of us mostly just stands back to watch. Lynne laid the meandering brick paver pathway in our backyard on her own. (Though we shared the heavy hauling work and I ran the plate compactor.) I built out 700+ square foot back deck. (Lynne helped by digging most of the post-holes, bless her. We should have rented a post hole digger!) 

And there are many other things we enjoy doing together. Dinner and a night out at the theater. Dancing (waltzes to line dances to good-'ol-rock-n-roll). A glass of wine and a video. And a hundred other things . . . Of course that hot tub on the deck looks very inviting when we're done hiking, weight lifting, building home projects, and dancing the night away. When the night sky is clear we like to soak and talk or sit quietly watch the stars together.