We had a little adventure yesterday. We intended on visiting some new sights...but unfortunately we could not find some of them. One was "Rabbit Ears", a place where you can rock climb. It was a very scenic drive (a little rocky too), but we never found the right place. But we were still able to stop and have lunch by the river on the way down. (Hot dogs make disappointment easier).
Luckily, in the morning we were able to pick some huckleberries. It was also a trek to get there. I pictured myself carrying home massive buckets of huckleberries to make into jam. Little do I know that huckleberries are sparse and take a long time to pick. So, Jamir and I will be enjoying the probably one jar of jam that I will make from them.
And to finish it off, we rafted down the Rouge River. Thanks for yard sales and thrift stores we found the gear. It took longer to fill the raft up (we blew it up ourselves mostly), and we didn't start until 5 ish. BUT it was still fun and definitely one of those days Jamir and I tend to have when we plan too much in a Saturday.
Tuvimos una peque~na aventrua ayer. Intentamos visitar nuevas attraciones.. per desafortunadamente no pudimos encontrarlas toda. Primero fuimos a recoger Huckleberries, fue un largo camino para llegar a donde crecen. Nos imaginamos que ivamos a tener cubetas llenas de Huckeberries pero no sabiamos que fueran tan peque~nas y eparcidas asi que aunque recogimos por mucho tiempo solo logramos juntar suficiente para un poco de mermelada. Va a ser la mejor mermelada del mundo.
Tambien planeanos ir a "orejas de conejo" se supone que es un lugar donde podemos escalar. El viaje/camino fue muy pinturesco pero no encontramos el lugar donde escalar. Pero pudimos parar cerca del rio y hacer unos hotdogs.
Terminamos "flotando" el rio "Rouge". Gracias a las ventas de garage y tiendas de segunda conseguimos todo el equipo. Nos tomo mas tiempo inflar la balsa que flotar rio abajo. (Necitamos una mejor bomba de aire) Fue un buen dia.
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| Picking huckleberries in the morning |
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| Stopping at a scenic place to roast hot dogs |
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| Hot dogs make everything better |
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| Getting ready to raft. I bought a waterproof case for Cancun. I need to pay attention to the outer ring. |
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| Thought Jamir looked goofy cute in his gear. |
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| The pump took forever. |
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| Rafting! There were some rapids which made it interesting. |
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| Jamir caught this attractive one of me getting a bug out of my face. |
And just some pics of our harvest this year so far! I love how things grow so easily! We have enjoyed fresh peaches, pears, wild plums, blackberries and vegetables from our garden. I missed it last year so grateful to be able to this year. I spotted some apple trees by the river, so we will be going back to pick them come fall.
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| The first haul. |
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| Wild plums, which turned into jelly. A lot of work pitting those things. |
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| And of course blackberries are like weeds. |
