As summer comes to a close and fall approaches, here’s some fun ideas to do with the people that we love. 

  • Fall weather means that it’ll be cold and rainy outside–if that’s for you, you might like going to a pumpkin patch or picking apples at a place like Detering or Thistledown Farms. Yesteryear Farms also offers a free movie night at their pumpkin patch. 
  • Don’t enjoy being outside? Some fun indoor activities include baking (maybe even with apples or pumpkins that you got at the pumpkin patch!) or cooking. Baking ideas for you are pumpkin bread, Taylor Swift’s chai cookies, pies like apple or pumpkin, or cinnamon rolls. 
  • Some more indoor activities are watching spooky movies or TV shows like Scream, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Goosebumps, Wednesday, and the upcoming new season of Stranger Things. 
  • Want to do something indoors someplace other than at your house? Enjoy a coffee at a local cafe, see a movie at the theater, do some pottery at the Potters’ Quarter, or go bowling or to an arcade. Another fun indoor activity is an escape room, where you can work together with your date to solve puzzles. There’s several near Eugene including Portal Adventures. Some good local cafes are Provisions, Noisette, and Vero. You can go bowling at Round 1 at Valley River Center, Firs Bowl, or Emerald Lanes. And each of these places has an arcade, as well! 
  • Making Halloween couple costumes could also be a fun bonding activity to do with a loved one. Another more active activity you could enjoy would be laser tag which they offer at Putters Pizza Place, where you could also enjoy an 18-hole mini golf course. As we go into the fall season, we encourage you to try some of these activities! 

Taylor swift cookie recipe – https://joythebaker.com/2021/11/taylor-swifts-chai-sugar-cookies/

Article by Lucas Harshbanger