monica over at the homespun heart is such an inspiration to me in all the great meals and activities she does with and for her family. so wed nite i packed up some food and supplies and our family headed up to the south hills. we are blessed to be within 30 min of a national forest where there are picnic and camping sites. on the way, i realized that i had forgotton the charcoal! aaaaccckk! you can't have a bar-b-q without charcoal so we stopped at the last little gasmart on the way to the campsite and bought 9 lbs of charcoal for $10!!! highway robbery, if i do say so. it was so funny, cuz right as we were leaving the gasmart a commercial for walmart charcoal came on: 18lb for $6. boy, do last minute purchases hurt the budget!
but onward, we got to the picnic area and as i suspected, we had it to ourselves. hubby grilled the burgers and corn on the cob, i set the table and our son played and our daisy dog romped around the campsites. while hubby grilled i read to him out of a frugal book we've been reading together and we talked about whether we could actually live without a car.
it was so relaxing to be in the outdoors, to only have the sounds of nature around us, to be away from cellphones, computers and tvs. what a blessing!
we will definitely be doing this again this summer and we will definitely be looking for a similiar area once we move to boise. and next time i will remember the charcoal.
3 comments:
Yay! So glad you enjoyed your outing, Gail. I agree--sometimes forgetting comes at a high cost. The other day, someone in our family (ahem) left an entire gallon of milk on the counter after *his* late night bowl of cereal!
We are grilling corn on the cob tonight! :-) I love family picnics and yummy food off the grill. Thanks for sharing pics and the story. Have a great weekend!
Gail - I'm so proud of you for taking the initiative to plan this for your family! I bet the charcoal story will become a fun memory!! :)
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