Every Day Is A Picnic

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  1. Bess Barber

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    When is the last time you went on a picnic?

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    Does cookouts at the park count? It was two years ago planned by a nephew for a family gathering. Nothing like the old-fashioned-lay-a-cloth-on-the-ground-picnic-basket-filled-with-goodies type. I never been on a real picnic like that before.
     
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    Wow! I'd say some one was really creative.
     
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    I never enjoyed picnics.
    Picnic food is the only type of food I don't like, except for burgers and hot dogs cooked on a charcoal grill.
    We never did that. It was much easier to cook food on the grill at home.

    The last picnic I remember was at Stone Mountain in GA.
    The yellow jackets were soooooo annoying.
     
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    @ Emma Smith I never liked picnics all that much either. Of course, I'm in Florida and the flies, mosquitos and other bugs come around.
     
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    We often picnic/BBQ at this idyllic spot about 10 mins from our place.
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    Haven"t done the picnic scene for many years. The kid years we did a lot of picnics, parks, lakes, back yards, was fun then, now it seems like it"s just a bug fest, guess they have to eat too, they should make their own picnic basket. :mad::mad::mad:.
     
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    We have one or two picnics each year at a park near where we live. There is a lake where we can fish or hire a row boat and explore. I do enjoy doing this.
     
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    There's something about eating outside that makes me consume twice as much as I normally would.

    But it's been a while since I've been on a picnic, or just taken food outside to sit at a table. Being in Virginia, the humidity is a real deterrent.
     
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