Huckleberry Picking Day ...

August 28, 2016

It was a beautiful day to head up the mountain ...

to go Huckleberry picking ...

Meeting Denise and Rocco at the lake ...

unloading our quads for a full day of adventure ...

We decided to only take one quad ...

I was the passenger today ...

thought with my foot injury ... it was the wise thing to do ...

the terrain was quite rough in a few stretches on the road ...

heading up to our secret location ...

We finally arrived at our destination ... about an hour later ...

way up in the mountains ...

finding what we believe was the mother load ...

There were so many berries ...

we didn't have to go very far at all ...

finding a patch ... plunking ourselves down ... to start picking ...

We were surrounded with these ripe ... blue huckleberries ...

After picking berries for about an hour and half ...

we gathered together to have our picnic lunch ...

and enjoy the beauty all around us ...

We continued picking for a couple more hours ... getting a few buckets full ...

before we made our way back down the mountain ... stopping at a few precious spots ...

the small waterfall was the perfect place for a break ...

Rocco also took us on a path ...

to show us this ancient cedar tree ... there aren't many left in this area ...

We continued down the mountain ...

crossing the creek and driving by this old trappers cabin ...

What a beautiful setting ... so peaceful ... !!!

We arrived back at the campsite ...

and enjoyed the evening with the gang ...

telling our stories to the others that did not join us this day ...

We were invited to join them for dinner ...

and a few sociables ...

before we headed home ...