Picnic near Papa

On Saturday we were invited to a district hike and picnic near Papa. We too Sandor and Tunda in our car for the 1 1/2 hour drive.

The plan was to hike to a spring which was three kilometers and then have a picnic and hike to some Roman ruins. It was a really pretty area.

We took stuff stuff for sandwiches and I made brownies and we ate our lunch as soon as we got there.

There were a couple of picnic tables and this cute little A-frame.

It turns out that it was just big enough for one person to take nap.

There was a nice creek that went by the picnic area with a fun bridge. The only thing it lacked was a bathroom!

 The hike was to a spring so we were excited to see it. It was a beautiful hike and fun people to be with. We hiked with Martika and Bea who are a mother and daughter in our Sopron Branch. She brought good snacks and shared!

This is a picture of  some of our branch. 

When we got to the spring we were a little surprised to see it. It was a lot smaller than we had expected.

I got this picture of Elder Headrick, Sandor and Elder Flammer.

When we got back to the campground the Papa Branch had brought bacon and bread for a roast. Some of the guys cut some willows and others built a fire. The bacon was an inch thick.

They would roast the bacon and then dab it on the bread and put the bacon back on the fire.

Elder Loveday is showing us how you eat it. He had three! Steve didn't want any but I thought I only live once so I should give it a try.

I need to develop my eating the fat off the bacon skills. It sure felt good to roast something over a fire and smell like smoke. Is is beauty or brains that it follows?

 This is a picture of our branch president Balash and his children Bianka and Kiki. They are a great family.

This is President Takacs our district president showing us how it is done!

For entertainment we watched people crack the whip. Most of them were really good. The elders say that they practice on their p-day and most of them take a whip home when their mission is done. Tis is Elder Johnson from  Texas.

Everyone just visited and ate, we waited around to go to the ruins but our passengers were getting anxious to get back to Sopron.

This is a picture from the road, we will definitely go back to get some close up pictures.

A great time was had by all!