The “hiking” was the The Cliff Walk in Newport, RI. It is an an extremely pretty ocean hike that takes you along the rocky shore among the many Gilded Age mansions but it is well developed and there are always other reasonably nearby. I wouldn’t invite someone on a hike into the deep woods or mountains for a first date but there are many hiking areas in the Greater Boston area that suggest an outdoorsy fun afternoon rather than creepy. I have an standing offer to take someone skydiving on a date if they have never been (I haven’t either) but nobody has taken me up on that one yet.