First Picnic
The rains have lasted all the spring.
We’re longing for some sun.
With advent of the end of school
We look to June for fun.
The kids have found their bathing suits
And have them at the ready.
It’s not fair in vacation time
For rains to pour so steady.
The first nice weekend that we have,
We know where we’ll be going.
They have the hampers all cleaned out
For picnic food we’re stowing.
I will rise early on that day
And chicken I’ll be frying.
They each will ask for favorite foods
To please them, I’ll be trying.
Their daddy will gas up the car
And tell us all to hurry.
He’ll want to go while sun is out
And weather not a worry.
We’re heading for Cranberry Lake
Next to the picnic ground
Separating the two waters.
The other side is Puget Sound.
It’s all part of Deception Park,
Every visitor’s destination
When they’re in Northwest Washington,
One of most scenic states in Nation.
There will be a crowd of other folks,
All soaking up the sun
And trying out the waters
Eager for some summer fun.
Our son will try the diving board
To prove he can be bold,
The girls will test lake gingerly
and howl if it's too cold.
They will have hearty appetites
For all my picnic fixings.
I will have brought potato salad
And other salad mixing’s.
Chocolate cake and water melon,
Will be part of the desserts.
By now we are so hungry
We will eat until it hurts.
We’ll go home at the end of day
All happy and contented.
It has been one more special time
To keep us all cemented.
For Carol's " Picnic Time"contest Won no. 4
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