Chico Hot Springs and The Old Sal, Emigrant, MT

As romantic as it is to be sitting in hot springs with snow on the ground and stars in the sky, go to Chico in the afternoon, in the summertime. Take the Trail Creek exit if you're heading there from Bozeman, for its winding dirt roads and mountain expanses, and it'll spit you out at the Old Saloon in Emigrant, MT. The Old Sal has everything I want in a bar: it's unpretentious, classic, and serves beer in mason jars; it has a great jukebox, the regulars will tolerate you, and there's a horse shoe pit out back.

I can't think of many better activities than yard games at the Old Sal on a sunny afternoon in Paradise Valley with a Fresh-Squeezed IPA in one hand and a horse shoe in the other. Unless your partner is exceptionally good at horse shoes. To perpetuate the representative heuristic, once he lands one ringer, ten more will follow. I'd like to say, "It's as certain as death and taxes," but I'd hate to admit to believing a known fallacy.

After imbibing at the Old Sal, head over to Chico for some soaking and some dancing, hopefully to Ten Foot Tall and 80 Proof or The Red Elvises.