We went huckleberry picking this past weekend. It was our first time and we brought home about 14 cups after 3 of us picking for an hour an a half. No wonder these berries are so expensive! They are spaced out on the bush and we had to hike for a while before we got to the patch. We could have sold the berries at the local farmer's market for $40-$50, but instead we're keeping them and enjoying delicious huckleberry pancakes. The huckleberry is Idaho's state fruit and has never been domesticated. It's really hard to find patches because people keep them a secret since they're so delicious and expensive!
hands after picking
hard at work
Hannah "enjoying nature." How else are you going to keep a 3-year-old occupied and out of trouble while you pick huckleberries on a dense slope? (She loved having the portable DVD player to watch Max & Ruby!)
The start of our hike- Hannah was a real trooper. At the beginning she kept wanting to get out of the backpack and said, "my bum is frustrated!" But it was way too steep and rocky and filled with tree roots for us to make much forward progress with a toddler so she stayed in the backpack most of the time.
Hannah liked it when the trees were all around her!
Louie Lake
nice view
enjoying some wild huckleberries
building a sand castle with Grandma in McCall
Enjoying the fruits of our labor- fresh huckleberry pancakes. If you come and visit us, you might be lucky enough to have some yourself!
We went huckleberry picking this past weekend. It was our first time and we brought home about 14 cups after 3 of us picking for an hour an a half. No wonder these berries are so expensive! They are spaced out on the bush and we had to hike for a while before we got to the patch. We could have sold the berries at the local farmer's market for $40-$50, but instead we're keeping them and enjoying delicious huckleberry pancakes. The huckleberry is Idaho's state fruit and has never been domesticated. It's really hard to find patches because people keep them a secret since they're so delicious and expensive! 
hands after picking
hard at work
Hannah "enjoying nature." How else are you going to keep a 3-year-old occupied and out of trouble while you pick huckleberries on a dense slope? (She loved having the portable DVD player to watch Max & Ruby!)
The start of our hike- Hannah was a real trooper. At the beginning she kept wanting to get out of the backpack and said, "my bum is frustrated!" But it was way too steep and rocky and filled with tree roots for us to make much forward progress with a toddler so she stayed in the backpack most of the time.
Hannah liked it when the trees were all around her!
Louie Lake
nice view
enjoying some wild huckleberries
building a sand castle with Grandma in McCall
1 comment:
hahaha! That made me laugh about Hannah's frustrated bum! That happens to me sometimes too! =)
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