I know you want to go on a picnic. I understand, I’m being presumptuous—but I know you’ve been inside for a while, and deep down, I know you’re aching for an excuse to spend some time outside. So, why not check out some new places to picnic in Buffalo Niagara? There’s a accompanying list down below and you can be sure all the places provided in the area are bear-free, so you don’t have to worry about any top-hatted brown bear sstealing your picnic basket when you’re not looking.

Basically, with the beautiful early summer weather now in full swing, there isn’t any excuse not to plan your picnic excursion.

It all comes down to being on the ground level and having the chance to see what goes on around us from day to day. I don’t care how perceptive you believe yourself to be. When you’re not on a picnic, I doubt you notice the wind gently wrestling the grass or seeing leaves fall right from the tree. This might seem rather absurd, but having a picnic is a holistic experience. You wouldn’t think of it as one right off the top of your head, but that’s truly what it is according to the definition of holistic, which is “relating to the idea that things should be studied as a whole and not just as a sum of their parts”, which in a nutshell is what you’re unconsciously doing during your picnic outing.

You’ve made yourself part of the whole just by eating outside.

Our ancestors in long-ago generations hunted and ate entirely outside. The circumstances they had to deal with couldn’t be considered a picnic literally or figuratively. Still, they undoubtedly had a greater connection to the earth and its inhabitants, and this was partially because they frequently ate outside.

Let’s be clear, going to the park for a picnic won’t instantly give you some flashback to your hunter-gatherer ancestors. However, it will give you an extremely mild version of what they had to deal with, and in an odd sort of way, that’s a good thing because it adds perspective and who doesn’t need more of that?

OK, so I mentioned the loftier aspects of these great places to picnic in Buffalo Niagara, but what about the most apparent element—that it’s a great place to have a date. Nothing recharges romance like the outdoors and if you add food to this outdoors equation you got a sure-fire winner. All you have to do is bring the right items, some good wine, a salad or charcuterie board, and perhaps the most important, good conversation (it’s just the two of you out there, so you better be astute in the art of the convo or else you’re pretty much dead in the water).

If you have those three things in check, I promise you no matter who you take (it doesn’t matter if the person is a fan of the outdoors or not) you both will have a great time—trust me, I’ve been on the internet.

Hopefully, after reading this, you’ve realized that going on a picnic is a lot more than sitting down at a table or blanket and eating potato salad (although if that’s all you want to do, go right on ahead). Going on a picnic makes you a prime observer of nature in all its splendor, just by being outside enjoying your meal you’ve become part of the same ecosystem that you’re observing, which can lead to a bigger sense of connection with the earth. And if you’re not into the more “flower child” aspect and don’t own any tie-dye t-shirts, picnics are a great place for a date and to watch the sunset.

Whatever your reason for going on a picnic might be, you’re going to come away from it with a bit of a different perspective, whether you want to or not. That’s the power of the outdoors. It makes us face that we’re a part of a bigger whole. So, grab some friends or someone you fancy and head over to one of the many places to picnic in Buffalo Niagara.

If everything I’ve tried to convey has fallen on deaf ears, then at the very least, you have a reason to hang out outside.