Just over a week ago we went up to the mountains on a hot, lovely, sunny day to pick huckleberries with our family, David, and Doug’s parents. It was beautiful out there 
in the mountains. Apparently the huckleberries weren’t as plentiful as they had been in years past, but this was my first huckleberry picking experience and I thought it was great! I was getting over a cold which had me exhausted for days, but had enough energy to blaze my own trail to pick those berries – for a while anyway! Amina had lots of fun picking what she called “taco-berries”. Though she probably ate as many as she put in her bucket! Unfortunately and unbeknown to us, she had the start of hand foot and mouth disease and while we were 
out there she started running a fever and becoming quite lethargic… but the first couple hours were lots of fun! Perhaps we will make this a tradition… minus the sickness that is! So although we enjoyed the drive and the nice day, we were wondering if all the berry picking was financially worth while. We went to Pike’s place market the day after my birthday and looked all over for huckleberries for sale. We found them at only one fruit stand and they were selling for $12/pound. I’d say our 8 lbs of berries (plus probably 4 more pounds that Doug’s parents took home) was well worth it! We vacuum packed and froze all the berries, and tonight we had the first fruit of our labor – a delicious huckleberry crisp. Yum Yum! To “taco-berries”!
