Pic-A-Nic Basket Winner

We hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far. We've been working around the house getting things done that have been on our to-do list for a while. Considering all the rain we've had as of late, we really haven't been able to get outside to do much of anything. Luckily, today's weather has been wonderful and we were able to get out and do quite a bit of stuff. I sprayed weed killer around the house, fence line, and others spots that needed it. We took down the kiddo's old swing set and trimmed up the snowball bush that cascade down over it. We've cleaned up a bunch of clutter around the house and run some things to the dump. We even got a chance to pick some raspberries. Unfortunately the mosquitoes won out and instead we cut down some trees that have started growing up in places we don't want them. Don't worry though, we plan on going back up on the ridge in the morning for more berries before the bugs get bad again.

Until then, let's get down to the real business at hand. Two weeks ago we announced that we had hit 200 fans on Facebook and in so doing we decided to have a giveaway in celebration of the milestone. What's more is this giveaway was just in time for the Fourth of July. So we closed the comments at 11:59pm EST on Saturday and let the RNG do it's thing. Before we announce the winner, we'd like to thank you all for entering our giveaway, sharing the post, and promoting the blog. Without our fans, we wouldn't be doing all of this, so again, thank you all.

The winner of the "Perfectly Patriotic Pic-a-nic Basket Package", and who will likely take it along with her family to enjoy a quiet and private picnic at Kentucky Lake and Cousins Hill is Kim @ Snug Harbor. She will be receiving the picnic package soon. Kim, we will need your mailing address so we can get the package out to you. Congratulations and we hope y'all enjoy the picnic prize pack. You can send your mailing address to us via email at appalachiaandbeyond (at) gmail (dot) com.

Happy Trails,
Tim and Robin

A Celebratory Giveaway - Who wants a Pic-A-Nic Basket?

We just hit 200 fans on our Facebook page and we are ready to celebrate and say thank you to all of our fans/readers for getting the word out. It doesn't seem like very long ago that we hit the 100 mark. So to celebrate and just in time for the Fourth of July, we have a wonderful giveaway for you our fans.

So we ask you, who likes picnics? We sure do and it's not summer if a picnic is not involved at least a few times throughout the season. So for this giveaway we have for you a chance to win a wonderfully Patriotic Picnic Package. Included is a cool canvas picnic basket, a table cloth, 4 plastic reusable plates, 4 plastic reusable cups, a small pack of American Flag napkins, a package of disposable/reusable cutlery, 4 telescoping marshmallow roasters (these are the coolest things ever!), and a frisbee. A complete picnic package just in time for you to celebrate America's Independence out by the lake, in the woods, or where ever your favorite picnic place happens to be. Just add good company and food!