Fun Orange County Parks
Don’t limit picnics to just lunch at a park bench. Think dinner picnic! Breakfast picnic! Or simply have-a-meal-in-the-great-outdoors picnic!
Beaches, kids and family meals are made for each other. There are playgrounds on the sand at:
Set yourself up to play with views of the shore at:
Go for a nature walk at:
Sit by a lake at:
You can picnic near pretty much ANY playground at a picnic table or by setting up a picnic blanket:
- Read my post about How to Barbecue Near the Beach
- My friend, Heejee, from White Blank Space shared this recipe in the photo above for Folded Kimbap which is the perfect picnic food
- Bag of baby carrots and some hummus for dipping
- Pumpernickel pretzels and pub cheese for dipping (TJs)
- Pineapple spears (Costco)
- Ready-made salads and sandwiches/wraps from the refrigerator section (TJs)
- Some vintage sodas or lemonade (TJs)
- Foot-long, ready-made sandwiches from the deli case (Ralphs, Albertsons, etc.) those big ones that feed everybody.
- I’ve even seen people have pizza delivered for a picnic! Anything goes!
I love the TJs soft-sided coolers for easy packing. Don’t forget towels or picnic blankets. (Can you tell I love TJs?)