Picnics, tours, trips and excursions are a part and parcel of our life. They provide us complete opportunities to study
the book of Nature as Shakespeare says, "We find sermons in stones, tongues, in trees and books in running brooks". Picnics, tours and trips are as important as food and drink. One Sunday morning, the weather was very fine. The sky
was cloudy and cool and gentle breeze was blowing. My friend and I decided to visit the river Beas which flows at a distance of six kilometers from our town. We were a party of eight friends. We took with us our swimming suits and towels. We also carried a good quantity of eatables including fruits. We left home on bicycles at 6 a.m. The river scenery was also very charming. Water in the river flowed on silently and majestically. Fish swam in the water. There were flocks of water birds sitting on the banks. We parked our bicycles. Then we changed our swimming suits.
Then we had a dip in the river. Then we played some games on the soft sand of the river bank. Thereafter, we sat down in a circle to take rest. One of us was a good singer, he entertained us with many songs. We all were in a gay mood. So we chatted and laughed. We cracked jokes with one another. We heated the food that we carried with us on the stove. We had a hearty meal.
In the meantime it grew very hot. So we took rest under the shade of a tree. Then we began to play at cards. After some time tea was ready, we took tea and eatables. By then it was 5:30 p.m. We took our bicycles and started back for home. We reached home at 6:00 p.m. It was a happy day in the pleasant company of friends.
