ELECTRONIC SCAVENGER HUNT
 
Scavenger hunts are one of the more popular romantic ideas. You
send your sweetheart around the house or town, searching for clues
and perhaps picking up gifts along the way.

A modern version of the scavenger hunt incorporates the
computer. Here are some different ways you can set up a scavenger
hunt for your sweetheart.

Create some webpages. You might want to use a free service like
Yahoo or Google. Personally I use webs .com Give your mate the url of the first page. On
that page will be a clue. Perhaps it could be something like
"What is the name of the restaurant where we shared our first date? Use
that name to create the url of the next page you will go to:
http://www.yourpage.com/xxxxxxxx.htm." If you are web savvy enough,
you can also create multiple choice questions and by clicking on the
right answer, it leads you on to the next page. You can continue this
hunt for several pages if you want and have the last page be a coupon
for a present or simply a page that is a dedication of your love,
including photographs, love poems and other things your have written.

Here's another idea. Send your sweetheart on a hunt using existing
sites. Have them collect the answers to your questions Use questions that are meaningful to your relationship, such as "One of my favorite musicals is Les
Miserables. Which city did it debut?" or "My favorite cuisine is
Italian. Name two Italian restaurants we have never been to within 40 miles from home." The clues will give them "clues" for future romantic dates and gifts.

And yet one more. This idea uses your computer only, not the
Internet. Create files throughout your system, in different
directories for your partner to find. Use fun file names such
as yourthebest and loveyou. Have them search for all the files,
including clues to get to the next one. The final page they open will
tell them what their reward is for successfully completing the hunt.

Happy hunting!