Pleasantries

With the easy part is out of the way you can concentrate on enjoying yourself with your family and friends.  Below we've compiled a list of activity ideas for you and your family to do while we work! 

Places To Go

• Go to an Afternoon Baseball Game

• Go to the Beach and Play in the Waves

• Summer Snowball Fight - If there is an indoor ice rink nearby you can get as much snow as you can handle. Usually somewhere by the back door 
  there is a giant pile of snow. Take a cooler and fill it up. The hotter the day the more confused your targets will be when they figure out what just hit 
  them.

• Visit a Beekeeper

• Go on a Bicycle Tour

• Go Mountain Biking

• Go Bird Watching

• Hiking - Find some nature to hike in - but if you can't any hike will do.

• Go Boating

• Go to a Botanical Garden

• Go to Your Nearest Provincial Park

• Go Camping on a Beach

• Canoe on a Lake

• Go Caving (Collingwood, Ontario has some great caves)

• Fill Your Tank - Drive until it is half gone and then turn around and come back.

• Drive Back Country Roads with no Particular Destination

• Go to a Fair

• Have a Scavenger Hunt

• Fun Fitness - Start a fitness program based around only fun activities that give you a good cardio workout.

• Get Some Ice Cream at the Park

• Order Pizza at the Beach - This is really a homerun in the fun department. You may have to make some special arrangements with the pizza place but money will help the negotiations.

• Big Night Out - Have an appetizer, entrée, dessert at 3 different restaurants.

• Go-Karting

• Mini Golf

• Take a Grandparent out on The Town

• Watch Some Street performers

• Hot-air Balloon Ride

• Participate in a Community Clean Up

• Hula - Hooping Contest

• Go Puddle Jumping

• Roll Down a Hill

• Rope Swing

• In-line Skating

• Build a Sandcastle

• Stay in a Cabin – with no power or water

• Go on a Photo Safari out in Nature

• Go to Your Nearest National Park

• Go to an Observatory

• Go Paddle Boating

• Go for a Paddle Wheeler Boat Ride

• Have a Picnic

• Have a Candlelight Picnic - This can be amazing. If you buy some of those tea light candles you make a big circle around you. Bring as many candles as you have. If there is a fire danger – make sure it is safe to burn candles.

• Escarpment Top Picnic - If you don’t live near the Escarpment  – well you are out of luck. Go to the nearest hill instead.

• Sunrise/ Sunsets Picnic - Everybody knows about the sunset picnic what about the sunrise picnic? Have all your gear packed up in the vehicle and then when early morning comes - drive to a great sunrise watching location. Have pancakes and start your day with a “Holy Geez – Life is good”.

• Rent a Houseboat for a Week

• Rock Star - Rent a limo and driver for a couple of hours

• Go for a Look for Cool Rocks Hike

• Ride a Roller Coaster

• Row a Boat

• Go Sailing

• Attend a Street Market

• Go to Summer Camp

• Be a Tourist in Your Own Town

• Take a Train Ride

• Take a streetcar ride

• Do a Day Trip Somewhere

• Take a Tour - Maybe a TV studio tour or any kind of big manufacturing company.

• Visit a Farm

• Go to the Zoo

• Geocaching GPS - Check online. Using a GPS you can search for treasure boxes that are hidden all over the world. Lots of fun and a great way to discover nooks and crannies of where you live.

• Its Tradition - Go to a specific kind of place in every neighborhood or town you visit. Have a Latte/go bowling/ play tennis - whatever you like.

• It’s the Best - Find the best pizza/soup etc in your city