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These are times for gathering picnic memories to share in later years with children and grandchildren.  Some picnics also become annual affairs and create traditions in families.

The types of foods prepared or toted along are many.  You can barbecue on the spot or make sandwiches and salads to enjoy during meal breaks.

Picnic possibilities:

• Make sandwiches to take in a cooler during travels.  My dad liked to take Sunday drives and found various picnic spots to stop and eat.
• Backpacking calls for foods that carry well, aren’t refrigerated and take up less space.
• Backyard picnics can be cookouts, a quick sandwich, foods you’d serve indoors, etc.
• Children enjoy picnics of almost any type and find their favorite spots.  My husband and his brothers had a “picnic rock” on their farm where they’d take their sandwiches at lunch time.  My siblings and I had a “flat rock” on our farm that was a favorite spot.
• Tailgating picnics at sports games have become very popular for friends and families.

What are some of your favorite family picnic spots?  Do you have family picnic memories?

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The Joy of Family Picnics

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 One of Father’s favorite picnic spots was found at the top of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River and the mid-Hudson bridge across the river from Poughkeepsie.  (We lived in a farming town 15 miles east of there.)  Father would relax in his lawn chair, enjoy his lunch, and watch the boats plying the river. 

 Mother took us children for a walk around the area.  There was a place for cars to park and trails to follow.  As the sun began dipping into the western sky, we knew it was time to pack up and drive home again.  There was always the evening milking to do, even though it was Father’s Day.  And Sunday was the hired man’s day off.

Do you have Father’s Day memories?  Are you making Father’s Day memories that you and your children will recall?

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Dad’s Day, Picnics & Hudson River Memories