"I'm setting you up on a blind date," Nacole told me one night in mid-April. Blind date! Those two words always made me shudder and cringe. Having almost given up on the dating scene, I was a bit reluctant to do it. What if he's a freak? What if it turns out like all my other blind dates - in disappointment? What if I don't like him? What if...what if...what if...?

What if he's boring?

Yeah, right!

That was when I learned Lesson #1: "Not all blind dates are bad." That was also when the adventure began...

On our second date, John and I discovered that we had a lot in common, including a love for cooking and for hiking. The following day, he called me at work to invite me on my first of many adventures with him...

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