Hunt For Huckleberries ...

August 9, 2014

We were invited to go Huckleberry picking with Denise and Rocko ...

a few of us gathering together at Rosen Lake ...

leaving from the cottage to the logging road ...

up the Little Sand ...

After 25 km ... on rough gravel roads ... large rocks and lots of washouts ... 

having to space ourselves ... so we were not sucking in dust and dirt ...

we finally made it to our destination ... high up in alpines ...

where the berries were abundant ...

we picked our bucket fulls ... before we headed to the lake to have our lunch ...

The journey was quite a treacherous one ...

many trees had blown down and blocked the road ...

the guys wanted to keep going onward to the lake ...

so they were the ones finding alternate routes over the terrain ...

then taking  Denises' and my quad across ...

and the girls walked and climbed over the fallen trees ...

Even though it was a rough ride in ...

the view was spectacular ...

we were surprised to see that there was still snow up here ...

we had a lovely picnic lunch ... taking time to visit ...

soon it was time to make our 25 km journey back down the mountain ...

Once we made it back to the main road ...

(having to do the same routine heading bacon this side road)

it didn't take us near as long to get back to our starting point ...

We then spent the evening with Denise and Rocko ...

enjoying a wonderful dinner ...

of fresh Coho Salmon ... fresh stewed broccoli ... buns and baked zucchini ...

It was quite the adventure for one day ... !!!!

We brought our buckets of berries home ...

and grateful they made it as I thought for sure they would have turned to juice ...

after that rough ride ...

Cleaning up the berries on a wet paper towel placed on a cookie sheet ...

rolling the berries around ... for the leaves and debris to stick to the wet towel ...

then placing them on cleaned cookie sheets and putting them in the freezer to freeze ...

after 15 min or so ...

they were hard enough to be put in vacuum sealer bags ...

and sealed without squashing them ...

The berries were pre-measured into 6 and 1 cup portions ...

perfect for a few pies ... muffins ... pancakes ...

or 

just for eating ...