Nice, @acestontop.
I can't think of something better to do on Halloween than to get out of the house, and do some adventuring, especially to a place called Hercule's Baths! Who wouldn't want the road all to themselves, too.
My wife and I visited a hot springs in Mexico several years ago. I remember it being a very pleasant experience. They were indoor (different cave openings, I think), so we had the spot to ourselves for a period of time.
I don't remember the drop in energy afterward, but then, we weren't really going to be doing much after that, anyway. I'd like to go to another one sometime.
re: Halloween
I try not to do anything related to Halloween, either, now that our kids are grown, married, and starting their own families. I've never really liked the idea behind it, but I know a lot of people are into it. I figure, let them do it, and I'll just stay out of the way.
We do end up eating dinner out. We started doing that about 10 years ago, and have mainly eaten Chinese food. I don't know why, just that it ended up that way. Especially the last few years.
I'm glad you were able to enjoy your adventure and share it with us.
Congratulations on the curie, too.
I never considered Halloween as a holiday. It is an invention to somehow celebrate "the bad and the ugly" and to subconsciously make people buy more things like costumes and sweets. Something like Christmas but not that "holy". I find it awkward that it is spread all over the world, but Thanksgiving Day was not borrowed by any other country. Somehow we are taking from the US only the weird things and habits that are not useful, healthy or harmonious. I for example would like to see in my country being celebrated the Thanksgiving Day rather than Halloween. I would like to see children being grateful rather than wearing ugly costumes.
Very much in agreement on Thanksgiving and Halloween, even though we've widely managed to turn that into about the food. In our family, we've done some things here and there over the years to bring out the "Thanks" part, but I'm not sure we can call it a tradition. Maybe we can come up with something for the grand kids.
Halloween is just an odd thing to me. As you say, celebrating the bad and the ugly, which is probably putting it mildly. But since it's watered down and aimed to the kids, it's okay. Doesn't make sense.