Hi everyone! As you can probably tell we took a LONG break from this blog! With the pandemic and having a baby, dating sometimes gets put to the back burner… But with a new bright year ahead, we are wanting to get back to it! Our posts will now include date ideas for the whole family, as well as fun activities you can do from your own home. With that being said, here’s some inspiration for ‘E’ themed date ideas:

E: Escape Room, Elephant Sanctuary, Exercise, Ebay, Early Bird Date (watch the sunrise), European Cuisine, English Pub, Easter Egg Hunt, Exotic Animal Park, Expo, Exhibit, Exam, East, Emu, El Dorado, Elk Grove, Empire State Mine, Email, Eat

With our love for animals, we decided to do an elephant sanctuary in the Northern California area. Vision Quest Safari Bed & Breakfast was the perfect overnight date to submerse yourself in another world. This safari themed bed and breakfast allows you to spend the night in the park in your very own African-themed tent style bungalow and is as close to Africa as you can get in for folks in the USA. It’s kind of perfect if you want to safari experience without the risks of traveling. Bungalows are available for couples and families (kids must be 4+) and you can choose the best size that fits your family’s needs. We stayed in the Giraffe Manor which was perfect for the two of us. Not only do you get to listen to the lions and tigers roaring only yards from your suite, but you also get breakfast delivered by your very own elephant. Our breakfast was dropped off on our front porch and in turn we got to feed our elephant their morning meal.

This B&B is attached to the Monterey Zoo so once you spend the night, you can wakeup to meet all the other animals. The Monterey Zoo is open 10am-3pm daily and your admission there is complimentary with your stay. You’ll also be minutes from several of Monterey’s Cannery Row, Pebble Beach, and the 17 Mile Drive!

This was one of our favorite overnight dates we have ever done! For other Sacramento-area E date ideas we suggest a local English pub. Downtown Sacramento have two great ones including Streets of London and Fox & Goose British Pubs. Fox & Goose makes a delicious brunch for the whole family and has lots of outdoor seating.

Hope this helps inspire you to do something fun! Let me know your thoughts on any other ideas you have that would fall under the letter E! I’d love to hear all of them!