Get yer motor runnin' ...

Cold sort of evening, but the sun was blazing and I hadn't been outside all day. I was just itching to be on the hop. Hmm...

What better thing than a picnic?



Picnic? In winter? With sundown approaching?

Yup. We tossed supplies in a bag, hopped aboard the Yaris (whoo-hoo!) and enjoyed ... a car picnic.

All we did was motor 5 minutes, to a spot overlooking the city. (Yes, Signal Hill, a national historic site. It also overlooks the north Atlantic.) Perfect.

We ate, we strolled, we enjoyed the sunset — what little of it we could see through the clouds. Sure beat another same-old supper in front of the TV news.

Here's what we packed:

• baked beans
• vegetable chips (in an Anchor Hocking container)
• peanuts
• grapes
• apples
• bananas
• dried figs
• oatmeal cookies
• chocolate (dark)
• tea (of the berry-flavoured herbal variety; in a thermos)

Simple as that.