why are good life choices so hard to make?

[edenfalling]

My church (fellowship, congregation, whatever) holds an annual picnic every June. I have never attended. This is because it's at Stewart Park on the edge of town, I have no car, and the #13 bus very unhelpfully does not run on Sundays.

I mean, technically I could walk -- I do live on the north side of town so it's not completely unfeasible -- but until recently the only route I knew was annoyingly indirect and also lacked sidewalks for a not insignificant portion of the distance.

But! While dogsitting this May, I discovered a nifty back route into the Renwick Wildwood Bird Sanctuary, which is on the correct side of the highway and railroad tracks and right next door to Stewart Park (and also, you know, a woodland and therefore nicely shaded instead of a baking hot side-of-the-highway hellscape) so I think this year I could actually attend! I have baked and packed brownies in preparation! I have packed a plate, a cup, and some plastic silverware as directed! I have looked up where the Large Pavilion even is! I am ready for this!

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I really do not want to go to sleep right now, but if I don't, I will never get up early enough in the morning. *headdesk*

Comments

[heliopausa]

Wonderful! Have fun! :)

[edenfalling]

I did! :)

[autumnia]

Summer picnics are always fun!

Don't forget to bring sunscreen, napkins and if you're messy like me, a Tide Pen just in case. :-)

[edenfalling]

It's an indoor picnic -- Stewart Park has two pavilions which the city rents out upon request -- so sunscreen proved unnecessary, but I definitely brought napkins. :)

[nnozomi.livejournal.com]

Oh...I have many good childhood memories of Stewart Park. Do they still have those swingy benches where you can sit and look out at the lake? (And it's just about that time of year when you may run into the entire Ithaca High School music department having its grand pre-graduation water fight, if they still do that.) Sorry to go all nostalgic on you; enjoy your picnic!

[edenfalling]

I am not sure about the benches, since I headed straight home afterwards rather than wandering around more of the park. (I had dishes to clean.) But it was a gorgeous morning -- sunny, windy, in the upper 60s -- and a whole bunch of people were out enjoying the park by the time I left. :)

[cat-i-th-adage.livejournal.com]

How was the picnic?

[edenfalling]

It was tasty! :)

The service was pretty simple -- music was provided by the UU Ukulele Union, and there was no sermon, just a bridging ceremony to welcome middle-school kids into the youth group, and to welcome the two graduating seniors into adult life. Then we knocked off for an early potluck lunch. It was windy as all get out, but it's an indoor picnic in one of Stewart Park's two rentable pavilions, so that wasn't a problem.

I had no brownies left to bring home by the end, which presumably means they were enjoyed. :)

[cat-i-th-adage.livejournal.com]

Glad you had fun.