Saturday we rode 100 miles together. We ride a tandem and have been married 28 years, 2.5 years with the tandem.
Some of you might remember that the weekend before we'd had a real stressful ride which included pointless interchanges like "if you don't like it, you get up here and be the captain"

So I was rather filled with anxiety when we drove out to Wenatchee the night before. we bickered a bit, but nothing serious.

The day of the ride we were both up early, fairly refreshed. the sky was blue (rather cheering after 2 weeks of Seattle rain)
we got dressed, ate, got on the bike and started the ride. The wind was very mild, it was a little chilly, which is to be expected at 7am. We started down the trail, the gentle morning sun on our right, and joked as several other early birds passed us. After about 10 miles on a highway (with very little traffic because it was saturday morning) we turned off on a mountain road and for the next 7 hours we just cruised up and then down this mountain road.
It was gorgeous. We could hear the birds, the rushing full river; and we could smell locust trees and sagebrush.
We pulled into the rest stops (25, 50, 75 and 85 miles) without problems, ate great food (including washington apples!) We got along great. no hassles,
no quarrels; smooth pedalling, stopping (except for when we mired in the gravel on the side of the road and fell over!)
It was just about the most romantic date i could imagine!
we got back to the park, where we basked in the glory of having ridden
100 miles in one day and both of us were still able to walk, in fact, we felt pretty good.
The sons of Italy catered the dinner, and the food was absolutely delicious.
After we got done there, we showered and took a leisurely walk in the comfy hour of dusk (not hot, not cold) because he wanted an icecream (I got a small orange sherbet)
pretty nice date huh.

I came in late for all the marital advice stuff; i will start listening now.