I just have to say that I was impressed with Josh from the start.  Right away he was enthusiastic about doing a date and he was great at communicating and making plans.  He told me he would let me know beforehand what we would be doing and the morning of he sent me over his plan.  I was initially hesitant about his activity idea, the last time I had done this I had ripped my Toms.  After my initial hesitancy, I agreed to his plans, and I’m so glad I did! Honestly, I shouldn’t make any big life decisions before I’ve had breakfast.

I have a list of 100 things to do in Vegas, and one of the things on the list that I haven’t done yet but I’ve really wanted to, was go to Firefly tapas.  This was really the perfect place for him to pick for dinner.  The food was great!  I had been recommended the bacon wrapped dates and they were delicious.  The time flew as we tried all sorts of tapas and got to know each other.

After dinner we headed out to Sunset park to play some frisbee golf!  I used to pay this as a kid at my local park, and my skills haven’t improved much since then.  There were a lot of kids out in the park that would chase down and bring our frisbees back to us, they were so helpful! 😉

There are official brooms for the official launch pads.  That’s how you know we’re serious about this. 🙂

This is him throwing at least three times farther then me.

So lest you think it was frisbee golf that had me concerned for the welfare of my shoes, Josh had another activity planned afterwards.  We went to a near by parking lot and he taught me how to longboard.  My first and previous experience ended with a wipeout but I’ve still wanted to learn to do it!  After a few rounds in the parking lot, I was getting pretty good, at least I was balancing and moving forward and turning left and right. Mastering the breaks will be a lesson for the future but for this activity Josh was always within arms reach for the downhills, which I really appreciated. 🙂  I was starting to feel pretty confident so he showed me his power sliding skills.  This is 5 second clip of Josh power sliding.  Yes I laughed a little on the inside when he told me this is what he was going to teach me. 🙂

I tried a very basic version of what he did. It was sliding without the power part.

I decided I liked the standing up method of longboarding best for right now.  We kept rolling around the parking lot, I was full of my newfound confidence when a little rock caught the wheel and I was suddenly on my back!  It happened so fast I didn’t even realize I was on the ground for a second, but let me tell you I am no stranger to falling and I’ve gotten pretty pro at it, in fact I think this was my best fall yet!  No rips in my clothing, no blood whatsoever, just a bruised behind and a tap on my head and elbow.  I counted Josh’s fingers and he still has six, no fear.  Haha, no but it really was a low impact fall and my all of me was feeling pretty good after a few minutes.  Josh was in more of a panic then I was; I’m still fine, Josh! 🙂  The best first dates have to have some sort of epic story, right?  He told me earlier that I could borrow one of his longboards to practice with, and I’m pretty sure he thought I wouldn’t want to at this point, but I totally took him up on it.  I honestly lost track of the time and had no idea we were out so late, thus the reason I am posting this the next day. 🙂  And since Josh has a business trip in July, he will not be available for Rome, sadly.

Some great things to know about Josh.  He likes to do adventurous things!  He’s a patient teacher.  He’s really sweet and fun to be with.  He’s good at communicating and great to talk to.  He comes up with memorable date ideas. 😉  Thanks for the epic date, Josh!

Available for the date to Rome: No