Burnt to a Crisp or "How I celebrated a Green Labor day...

I finally got a big crew of friends together to celebrate the last days of summer. Everyone is so busy that it's hard to get everyone together but I accomplished it by nagging, slinging guilt and whining - things I'm REALLY good at.

We met over a Heyburn Lake State Park. It's just past Kellyville on SH66. Nice little lake, pretty smooth, clean and centrally located. I reserved the covered pavillion and rather than firing up the grill (carcinogens, you know) we decided to bring picnic lunches - Green of course!

I opted for some gorgeous, giant seedless green grapes and jumbo strawberries. Then I made this pretty awesome chopped salad and finally some luscious truffle brownies. The green part was that I took no paper or plastic that needed to be disposed of. Everything that became trash at the end of the day was sorted in "real trash" and "recycleable". Finally, we left the beach and picnic area cleaner than we found it.

We had a great time playing in the water, getting sunburned (only me) and just visiting with no sense of urgency or negativity. Good friends, kids, dogs, good food and the lake - what a nice way to end the summer!