• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Partner
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Southern Hospitality

Adventures in Decorating, Thrifting, Cooking, Fashion & Gardening

  • My Home
  • Categories
    • A+ Blogs
    • My Blog Story
    • Decorating
    • DIY/How-To
    • Family
    • Gardening
    • In the Kitchen
    • My Home Tours
    • Thrifting
    • Travel
  • DIY Gallery
  • Fashion
  • Feature Friday
  • Shop My Home
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter

Picnic in the Park

August 15, 2011 By Rhoda 6 Comments

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Part of our Coca-Cola campaign initiative was holding a picnic at our favorite park, which happened to be in my case nearby Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.   Another blogger in the area, Kayla Aimee, co-hosted with me and we invited about 50 friends between the two of us to join us for the day out at Cheatham Hill, one of the picnic and recreation areas of the park.

As luck would have it, that day turned out to be a drizzly rainy and slightly chilly morning, which hardly ever happens first thing in the morning during the summer in Georgia.  Most of our showers come late in the afternoon when the heat and humidity have time to mix it up and the sky gets turbulent. 

This is cute Kayla Aimee, my co-host for the party.  She’s a young mom and brought out some of her family and friends, as I did.    She was in charge of the food and we opted for pork and chicken BBQ from a local restaurant. 

I brought the tablecloths, flowers and sodas and we got everything ready for our morning in the park. 

Kayla’s cute little niece, coloring away at one of the tables. 

I decided bright flowers and tablecloths would be a good way to add some color to our picnic tables. 

Several folks from the PR firm, Moxie, joined us for the picnic and we enjoyed chatting with them. 

Coca-Colas were the beverage choice of the day, naturally!.

Some of my friends chatting away:  From left, Vicki, Tammy, and my sister, Renee joined me.

My friend, Debbie, came by with her family.  Luckily the rain stopped and we enjoyed a beautiful afternoon.

Lots of kids came too and we all found plenty to keep us busy.

Food was abundant and we enjoyed sitting at the picnic tables, chatting and visiting.

There were even a few rousing rounds of frisbee going on across the way in the nearby field.  There are many walking and hiking trails in the area and Cheatham Hill is a good place to park and hike.  The nearby Illinois monument is a fun place to walk to and enjoy the nostalgia of the Civil War highlights.

If you haven’t been on a picnic in the park lately, what are you waiting for?  Summer is the perfect time to dine al fresco with friends in the great outdoors.  There is something special about eating outside during the summer and I always enjoy it.  We will all be wishing for some sunshine come Fall and Winter, so now is the time to enjoy being outside while the sun is shining and the weather is good (and OK, HOT!).

I hope you will all plan a picnic before the summer is over and enjoy time outdoors with family and friends!

I’m honored to be a part of this event in working with Coca-Cola to get the word out about the wonderful park treasures that we have here in our country.

This is the second annual America Is Your Park campaign sponsored by the Coca-Cola Live Positively initiative and their goal is to encourage people to play, be active and help their favorite national, state, or local park win a recreation grant provided by Coca-Cola Live Positively.  I can’t think of anything I’d love better than helping my favorite local national park, Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park win a grant!

You can help by voting for your favorite park to win the title of “America’s Favorite Park” by visiting  LivePositively.com/americasparks.  First place winner receives $100,000 and the title of America’s Favorite Park, second place wins $50,000 and third place gets $25,000.

Voting runs until September 6,  2011.  I’m going to do my best to help my favorite park win, by voting often!  I would love to see it take top honors, since this park has such a special place in my childhood heart and growing up years.

There are other ways to vote for your favorite park, including uploading photos of the park to LivePositively.com and checking in on Facebook Places when you go to your park.  More information about these methods on LivePositively.com/americasparks.

Do you have a special park in your area too?

Related


Don't Miss a Post, join my list!

Filed Under: Travel 6 Comments

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Helen says

    August 15, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Hiking Kennesaw Mountain was one of my favorite things to do when I lived in Marietta!!!

    Reply
  2. Amy says

    August 15, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What a great way to meet new people. I love your sister’s blouse.

    Reply
  3. Jennifer says

    August 15, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Sounds like such a fun way to spend a day Rhoda! I love Kennesaw Mountain and have spent much time there with my family from my childhood and even now. We also love Sweetwater Park (off of Thornton Road) and walking to the ruins of the old factory. It’s so peaceful and relaxing there.
    Nearby to us we have Chicamauga Battlefield & Point Park on Lookout Mountain. Chattanooga has some gorgeous places for picnics and rambling around to relax. I am so happy to see all of the great opportunities and successes you have had since moving back to Georgia. How wonderful for you!

    Jennifer

    Reply
  4. Brandi says

    August 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    My hubs and I got engaged on Kennesaw Mountain. Looks like you guys had a wonderful time.

    Reply
  5. Sylvia says

    August 15, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    What a fun day! Now, Rhoda, you know all “soft drinks and sodas” in the South are Cokes. Not Coca- Cola either. Co-Cola is the correct pronunciation. My hubby retired from the National Park Service, so we love parks- state and national.

    Reply
  6. [email protected] into Rainbows says

    August 15, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    Too funny, my first thought was exactly what Sylvia said, that all soft drinks are Cokes, and it’s pronounced Co-Cola.

    We love state and national parks as well. The best tent camping can be found there.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Thanks for stopping by! I’m Rhoda, from Atlanta, GA and I love decorating and DIY projects. Decorating a home doesn’t have to cost a fortune and I’ve spent years thrifting at antiques markets and yard sales, finding those treasures that make a home unique. I’m here to inspire and encourage other women to find their own inner creativity. Won’t you join me?

Click Here

Click Here

Email Series
How to Decorate in
Classic Timeless Style
.....without breaking the bank!

House Renovation Journey!

Our Paint Colors

Archives

Categories

Footer Widget Header2

Featured here:

Better Homes and Gardens
Atlanta Magazine
Better Homes and Gardens

Footer

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Partner

Copyright © 2023 · Southern Hospitality · Blog Design by Little Blue Deer
Privacy Policy

Get my FREE Email Series How to Decorate in Classic Timeless Style....without breaking the bank!
After years of decorating my own homes, I've learned a few tricks on how to create a classic home on a budget. Hope you'll join me!
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.