20 Ideas for your next amazing weekend
Here it finally is! The weekend, you’ve been dreaming of this all week and now it’s time to enjoy yourself. Have you ever had a Saturday off but just didn’t know how to spend it? Or even a full weekend but wanted someone else to come up with the plans? Well here are some of my go to ideas when thinking about a wide open day with no plans.
The first and most important thing to think about is is the weather, are we hanging out inside or my personal favorite, outside… Now we can have a surplus of ideas thrown your way!
GO TUBING
One of my all time favorites. It can be a slow river it can be a fast river, just be safe and bring some seltzer’s and have the best time of your life. Park one car a the end and drive the other up to the beginning and set off!
(Location: Divide, CO)
2. OUTDOOR DARTS
right now might not be the best time to find you’re local bar to play darts but I can promise you this isn’t just as if not more fun! Find them easily on Amazon or honestly they are in thrift stores all the time!
(Location: Sand Dunes, CO)
3. GO FOR A BIKE RIDE
Exploring your town and the nearby trails is always More fun on a bike! Walking could take too long and driving you miss out on all the local charm. Take a bike next time you go to the coffee shop, ice coffee will never taste better!
(Location: Colorado Springs, CO)
4. HAMMOCK
Remember when everyone started hammocking and then all of a sudden it felt like no one was anymore? Well let me tell you they are GREAT napping places, a perfect reading seat.. basically perfect hangout place at a park.
(Location: Rampart Rd, CO)
5. HAVE A CAMPFIRE
Okay I know not all states allow fires all year around and when you do have a fire it’s important to be safe. But I grew up around bonfires and playing music, telling stores, cooking hobo pies and s’mores. Those were some of the best times and I try and add a little glamour to my set ups but it never fails to bring me back.
(Location: Near Zion, Utah)
6. GO STAR GAZING
Bring a blanket and some snacks and lay out and enjoy the beauty God created.
(Location: Buena vista, CO)
7. SOAK IN A HOT SPRING
If you’re from the west coast you know this is a great time, if you’re from the east…. well substitute this in for finding a friend with a hot tub and relaxing.
(Will share location in future post.. keep your eye out!)
8. GO TO THE ZOO
Doesn’t matter your age, going to the zoo is always blast. Especially when you get to feed the giraffes and dress up in a onesie! I’m not sure about your states but the Zoo in Colorado springs is open with reservations only!
(Location: Cheyenne Mt Zoo, CO)
9. GO RAFTING
Most companies that I know of are now open with taking a lot of safety measures, I just went on a two hour one in Wyoming recently. But it’s an absolute BLAST. You and your friends would remember that experience for a very long time. This photo might not be exactly what it’ll look like but I’ll tell you after spendings almost three week so on a raft there’s nothing like those exciting moments of going over some waves with your friends.
(Location: Grand Canyon somewhere)
10. PAINT
I started painting a long time ago because in NY it feels like there’s nothing nothing to do in the winters exept hide inside with a blanket. So I started painting my own wall art. You don’t have to be good you just have to enjoy the process!
11. HORSEBACK RIDING
If you’re in a new town or have never been horseback riding, it is one of the coolest experiences. Horses are something fierce but also have something gentle and elegant about them. The fact that we use to ride these beautiful animals everywhere is crazy. Gives you a lot of appreciation for cars after a two hour ride on these guys haha.
(Location: Salida, CO)
This guy still brings me so much joy every time I look at his sweet face!
12. READ
Now don’t get this photo wrong, I don’t read as much as I should or as much as I wanna. But when I deliberately go to a beautiful location or somewhere not in my house and bring a book theres something magical about it. And I could read for hours.
(Location: Snowmass Wilderness, CO)
13. ROCK CLIMB
This one right now might be the hardest to go get after especially if you don’t have experience and hear or friends that know what their doing. Hopefully soon indoor climbing gyms will be open and you can get all the practice in there before heading out to the real rocks! I absolutely love rock climbing and hope to be doing it more and more often.
(Location: Rifle, CO)
13. SLACK LINING
Something to add to your hammocking in the Park day. I’ll admit im not great, but I’ll try everytime and it is such a fun feeling to get across that’s tiny rope!
(Location: Denver, CO)
14. COFFEE SHOPS
The one y’all have been waiting for. Yes I LOVE coffee shops. Catch up with a friend, work on school or read a book. Or just go take cute pictures because coffee shops are always so pleasing to the eye to be in. Not sure how they all did it but way to go coffee for being so esthetic.
(Location: Switchback coffee, CO Springs)
15. GO FISHING
A childhood favorite, and an all time blast. Hangout, bring food, chill on a blanket, bring your dog. Whatever you think would be fun to do add in some fishing.. not much else like the feeling of a tug on the other side of that hook.
(Location: Saranac Lake, NY)
Someone once said “a bad day of fishing beats a good day of anything else.”
16. KAYAKING
Get a little workout in but capture all the views up close. Water feels so different when you’re gliding across the top. Kayak out to a sweet castle, or out to a sand bar and chill. One of my favorite times to be on the water is during sunrise and sunset.
(Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA)
(Location: Adirondack, NY)
(Location: Alexandria Bay, NY)
17. DO A PHOTOSHOOT
Any Location y’all might think is fun and cool. I happen to think graffiti and wall art is neat to go and take pictures in front of.
(Location: NY)
18. HIKE TO A FIRE TOWER
Most states have these guys, some more than others and they are so cool in my opinion! Sometimes they have a book at the top telling stories of when there were different fires in the area. They’ll talk about where other fire towers are or use to be and you can look on their map and out the window and try and spot the other ones in the area!
(Location: Old Forge, NY)
19. FIND WATERFALLS
I guarantee there are waterfalls or creeks to find and jump in near you! This is such a classic weekend for me. I am all about hiking around beautiful waterfalls and doing a lil cliff jumping. Don’t forget chacos or watershoes while walking through the water, rocks can be sharp and slippery!
(Location: Leroy, NY)
20. GRILL OUT
Go find a beach, reservoir, park you name it go cook up some good food. Lay out or bring a volleyball. I use my Coleman grill for everything lately, tho a lot of places will have their own grills set up for public use!
(Location: Rampart Reservoir, CO)
Happy weekending!
