Hiking and Picking Thimbleberries
14 October 2008
This past weekend we decided to go for a family hike. We went to our
favorite, super secret berry picking location because the wild
thimbleberries that grow in the area are ripe and ready for picking.
Thimbleberries aren't usually grown commercially because of their
delicate handling and short shelf life. They're great for home cooking
though and taste delicious on toast. If some of you get thimbleberry
jam for Christmas, now you'll know where it came from.
In addition to all the thimbleberry picking, we found several other
treasures along the way. The really valuable treasures, such as the
peacock feathers, cow skull and bird's nest, were collected and hidden
in a secret stash. We also found the skull of a large bull. It was
too heavy and too far up the mountain to bother carrying back to the
secret stash so we had to leave it where it was.
Kia, our little poi dog, joined in the fun and found her own treasure.
Her treasure looked suspiciously like a piece of cow carcass. It
smelled disturbingly "fresh" too. We tried to confiscate her treasure
but she wouldn't give it up. It wasn't until we ignored her and kept
walking that she was finally distracted by other things and left her
treasure behind. Shh, don't remind her or she might go back to get it.
Other discoveries we made included a fallen log that formed a tunnel and
a large tree with a great fort hidden inside. After an hour or so of
hiking we decided to stop for a snack break. That's when we had the
best discovery of all: a chocolate candy bar that had been left in the
camera bag and forgotten about. It wasn't even melted.
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