Date Night Number Four: Amusement Park Turn of the Century swings ride at Elitch Gardens. Fortunately, you can often add an additional spin around the track for $30. The only downside to car racing as foreplay is that it’s relatively short-lived at only 12 minutes per session ($40). That is, if you call whooping and hollering and shrieking as you try to outmaneuver your partner acting like an adult. on Sundays)-but kids younger than seven can’t take to the track on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays, making those days best for adult fun. Located in Morrison on the grounds of Bandimere Speedway, the track is open all summer, seven days a week, from 10 a.m. Sometimes heart flutters can come from getting behind the wheel of a go-kart, whipping around a 0.75-mile-long track with 17 turns at 45 mph, and rubbing your SO right out of contention. The helmets and race suits aren’t exactly fetching, but date night doesn’t always have to be a dewy, romantic affair. $8.75/round Date Night Number Three: Go-Karts Burning rubber at Action Karting. Lean into the Spring Break 1998 vibe-minus the booze but with the soft serve ice cream and (hopefully) some hungry eyes-while tapping your ball past water features, fire effects, pirate ships, and an erupting volcano. Located in Westminster, Adventure Golf & Raceway offers 54 holes that have all the tacky trappings you want in a round of mini golf. and lets LED golf balls and course markers provide just enough glow to smooch…er…play by. $9/round Colorado Journey Miniature Golfįor a little ambience, this kitschy 36-hole course in Littleton turns out the lights on Thursday nights between 8 p.m. during the summer, there’s no good reason not to check out your partner’s form on the tee. With two courses-both of which require skill, or dumb luck, to avoid several water hazards and sand traps-to choose from, a BYO alcohol policy (no glass bottles!), and hours that run until 11 p.m. You’d never know this well-maintained putt-putter’s paradise, which also has a water driving range, is tucked just off the west side of Santa Fe Drive in the Overland area. Plan a date night with the better half of your twosome at any of the following metro-area mini courses. Maybe it’s just us, but there’s something sweet and silly and delightful about playing a game that no one is ever actually good at but that makes everyone laugh anyway. Putt-putt, despite its diminutive size, can be just as flirtatious-if you can see the fun in windmills-as-hazards. If you’ve ever seen Tin Cup, you know that golf can be sexy. Your order: Salted Caramel Date Night Number Two: Mini Golf Aqua Golf in Overland. The vibe: Industrial chic with cute white cups placed wooden boards and a hand-written menu on a giant chalkboard. Your order: Butter pecan High Point Creamery The vibe: Sweet Cow has six locations, all of which have a slightly different atmosphere-but the small-batch goodness is available at all of them. Your order: Triple Death Chocolate Sweet Cow Ice Cream Once you’ve secured your cone, find an umbrella-covered bistro table and lean in close. The vibe: Yes, you’ll likely wait in line at this classic ice cream parlor, but that’s half the charm. Your order: Salted Oreo Bonnie Brae Ice Cream Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.The vibe: The now iconic 28-foot-tall milk can in LoHi from which you order your date’s favorite flavor has a magic that really can’t be described except to say it just feels joyful. West northwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming southwest after midnight. NWS forecast: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Tonight Chance T-storms then Partly Cloudy Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 92. NWS forecast: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. This Afternoon Chance T-storms and Breezy

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