Sunday Picnic

We all decided on Saturday that it was time for a picnic and made plans to spend the afternoon at the Red Run Park in Rouzerville, PA.  It is a nice little park with a small lake, small stream (Red Run) running through it, pavillons, picnic tables, etc.  It is centrally located between Cassie & Jack's and our cabin.  

Since they had the Rouzerfest there last weekend, I figured it wouldn't be in much use for Sunday.  Ooooppss, wrong.  The place was packed with a Blue Grass singing group, family reunions, class reunions and other groups.  We managed to snag a couple tables in the back of the park and grabbed our space. 

This wasn't going to be a normal picnic lunch since we all were so busy in the days before the event.  I suggested we stop on the way and buy some Chinese takeout food.  Everyone thought that was great except for Lexi and they picked up a KFC lunch for her.  It sure saved a lot of work and preparation doing it this way and may be the new tradition for us.

The play area was next to us and Elizabeth decided to try out the slide.  Too bad we didn't have some wax paper to make the slide faster, but she still had fun on it. 

On the other side of the creek was a small train taking passengers on a circular run and it was busy the whole time we were there.

The girls and Cassie went down to the creek and played in the cool water.  Lexi managed to fall in the creek and get her jeans soaked along with her tennis shoes.  The creek kept them occupied for a long time and they enjoyed playing in it. 

Meanwhile; Gerry, Jack and I sat back and watched all the activities. from easy chairs and the picnic table.  It was a perfect day for a picnic with cool temps and low humidity.  Jack and I even managed to sneak in a couple adult beverages to help keep us cool.  

Later on the girls went over to the swings and were chatting and having a nice time.  I convinced Jack to walk over and get some nice pictures of the girls.  Two pretty redheads on swings drew a lot of attention from passerbys.   

 Cassie, Jack and the girls had to leave around 5pm and by that time we were ready to leave also.  Gerry had to have her ice cream fix and it was off to the soft ice cream place on Rt 40 in Maryland near Greenbriar State Park.  It is one of our favorite places to get soft ice cream and Barbara concurred that it was great.  The picture below reminds me of an old picture I have of Barbara as a 5 year old looking at the Good Humor longingly and waiting for us to buy her an ice cream bar.

Cassie and company joined us there and arrived just as we were getting ready to leave.  We joined them and hung around visiting for a while and then finally hit the road.

The Dogpatch Tavern is across from the entrance to Greenbriar State Park and is an institution around here.  It has been many things over the years and is presently more of a biker bar, but a tame one from what I hear.  They draw some huge crowds and there are bikes and car parked along side of the road for blocks sometimes. 

We took the scenic back roads back to the cabin and Barbara marveled how beautiful the countryside is in Maryland.  There are some pretty drives along curvy roads among pastures, woods, streams and a number of fantastic homes.  

We finally made it back to the cabin and watched "Interview With A Vampire" and Barbara and Gerry thought it was very good.  I'm not into those kind of movies and worked on preparing last nights blog.

It sure was a nice day and we all had a great time.  I hope you all were as fortunate and had a good time.