Long before Jeff and I began dating we would drive over to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to hike and play frisbee. I never really got any good at frisbee.
Actually, I'm incredibly bad at frisbee. But that's okay because being bad at frisbee is actually a way better workout than being good at it. Like, my husband, he is all good at frisbee and can make it go where he wants it to. Like, right into my hands. But when I throw him the frisbee, he has to chase it down and catch it before it lands on the couple sharing an ice cream cone on their picnic blanket. That's how I keep him in shape.
Kennesaw National Battlefield Park is one of my favorite places because as teenagers our group of friends would hang out there. We'd hike the mountain and congratulate ourselves on being all fit and stuff. I made a lot of great memories in my youth at the mountain, like learning that even though I'm terrible at frisbee I throw a mean spiral when you give me a football. I know, right? Move over, Peyton Manning.
The park is beautiful. It makes me want to be an outdoorsy person. I'm not outdoorsy. But I like to pretend to be. I love that it is more than just some green space, but that it is rich with history. I'm a sucker for historical stuff.
Out of all the parks around Atlanta, this one is my favorite.
That's why I'm writing about it for the second annual America Is Your Park campaign which is sponsored by the Coca-Cola Live Positively initiative.
Another thing I like about Atlanta? Coca-Cola.
The goal of America Is Your Park 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.
Um, hi. I can totally do that.
So to campaign for Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to win the title of America's Favorite Park and $100,000 recreational grant, we decided to have a fabulous picnic at the park. With Bar-be-que. And frisbee.
I really can't think of many things better on a summer Saturday than hanging out with friends at the park eating good food and playing games.
I am pretty sure you should vote for my favorite park. I want them to win. I am really a big fan of winning. I don't mean like, Charlie Sheen winning. I mean like, $100,000 winning.
Right. Because the grand prize is $100,000. Not for me. For the park.
The first place winner receives $100,000 and the title of America’s Favorite Park, second place wins $50,000 and third gets $25,000.
I prefer first place because you also get a title. I once did a beauty pageant and I didn't win it. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever seen photos of me in the seventh grade. But I entered because I was pretty sure I'd enjoy having a sash with some sort of title on it. Maybe if we win this, we can get them to send us a sash with America's Favorite Park embroidered on it that we can drape over the sign at the entrance.
So to recap:
Everyone can vote for their favorite park to win the title of “America’s Favorite Park” by visiting LivePositively.com/americasparks. (Voting runs until September 6, 2011)
There are other ways to vote for your favorite park, including uploading photos of the park to LivePositively.com/americasparks and checking in on Facebook Places when you go to your park. *More information about these methods on LivePositively.com
(I used Michelle Underwood's Posie Kit to create the graphics for this event, it worked perfectly for a picnic! Event photos to come!)
