Onondaga Lake Park: The Best Place to BBQ
As the hot summer comes to an end, fall in Syracuse is one of the best times for students to have a wonderful BBQ with their closest friends. Onondaga Lake Park is the best places to have great BBQ party, with its beautiful nature, clean shoreline, walking trail and a variety of cute birds around you. My friends and I went to Onondaga Lake Park last week to have a BBQ, and really enjoyed everything there.
Preparing for the BBQ party was not easy work. We went to the supermarket to buy ingredients and whisked up a marinade a day in advanced. It took us approximately 30 minutes driving from the Nobhill Apartments to Onondaga Lake Park. But when we got there and saw the beautiful views, we felt it was all worth it.
Onondaga Lake was absolutely the loveliest natural scenery I’ve ever seen. It was peaceful and pretty. The top of the lake was veneer-clear and tranquil, flanked by an avenue of trees, with blue skies above it, making it appear like nature’s amphitheatre. A sailboat glided slowly between swimming birds and the opposite shore.
Besides the birds swimming in the lake, there were lots of unnamed birds walking leisurely on the lush green lawns. When we were cooking the meat, some birds were attracted by the smell and even tried to steal our meat, which was so amusing that no one could stop laughing.
The process of barbecuing was a of fun. You had to be careful enough to avoid the food being burned, but the return of your carefulness was the enjoyment of a self-made delicious barbeque and the praise from all your friends.
Since arriving America from China, this was my first experience barbecuing with friends. The great time cooking, eating and playing games with friends brought back many fond memories of spending time with all my best friends in China. Although we we’re now in different countries and don’t know when we’ll see each other again, our friendships will always stay no matter the distance. And because of all the new friends in Syracuse, I never feel lonely even though I’m thousands of miles from the home.
If you feel bored on weekends and want to have fun with friends before the weather gets too cold, having a BBQ party in Onondaga Lake Park has you covered!
