The day of the Birthday Picnic started out with rain. My sister, K, had gone online and rented a covered pavilion for the day so there wasn't a big concern over the weather. After the drive north to Raymond B Winter State Park, the rain was no longer an issue. While the sun couldn't penetrate the trees, it did shine throughout the day making it a beautiful day.
There were donuts and coffee when everyone arrived. The Yahtzee game got a workout before lunch and there were several pinochle games. Everyone contributed food for lunch which ended with red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting instead of cake.
There were walks in the woods, a trip to the nature center and several trips to the park office since this was the closest bathroom for all of us to use.
The final three pictures are of a black rattlesnake. Someone walking on the roadway next to our pavilion told my brother that there was a rattlesnake on the road that had been run over by a car. My brother didn't want to see it get injured further so he got a stick and scooted it off the road. Whether because it was hurt or it was just its nature, it proved rather fiesty - coiling, stricking out as he tried to keep it moving off the road and shaking those rattles. My brother felt that it would probably slither off somewhere and die because there was a lot of blood on the roadway but maybe, just maybe, it didn't.
He managed to get it off the berm and moving down into the woods next to our picnic site so that no one else walking on the road would be surprised or maybe even bitten.
There were donuts and coffee when everyone arrived. The Yahtzee game got a workout before lunch and there were several pinochle games. Everyone contributed food for lunch which ended with red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting instead of cake.
There were walks in the woods, a trip to the nature center and several trips to the park office since this was the closest bathroom for all of us to use.
The final three pictures are of a black rattlesnake. Someone walking on the roadway next to our pavilion told my brother that there was a rattlesnake on the road that had been run over by a car. My brother didn't want to see it get injured further so he got a stick and scooted it off the road. Whether because it was hurt or it was just its nature, it proved rather fiesty - coiling, stricking out as he tried to keep it moving off the road and shaking those rattles. My brother felt that it would probably slither off somewhere and die because there was a lot of blood on the roadway but maybe, just maybe, it didn't.
He managed to get it off the berm and moving down into the woods next to our picnic site so that no one else walking on the road would be surprised or maybe even bitten.
A rather lengthy game of Phase 10 ensued after lunch. No one was hungry at dinnertime but the Birthday Girl had asked to stop at Amy's Tastee Freeze for ice cream on the way home. We packed up the cars and headed home stopping for ice cream which is where the picture was taken both years.
Amy's Tastee Freeze in Middleburg, PA not only gives generous portions for not much moola but the flavors are out of this world. Check them out if you are in Middleburg.
Have a good week.
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