On Tuesday there was a little sun, so we took advantage of it to go berry picking at Arctic Valley. There were a lot of cars when we arrived, but it certainly wasn't crowded on the mountainside because mountains are big!
The kids had to play in the stream near the parking lot:
Then we started to scale the mountain looking for berries. The pickings on the lower mountainside were slim:
The higher we climbed, the more berries there were to be found.
Kara and Evan stayed low on the mountainside. I climbed higher with the other four. Eventually Jake and Lincoln stopped climbing to do full time picking. I climbed a little higher, but then gave Viva my phone so she could take photos when she and Bentley reached the top of the mountain. (She wants the photos for an art project.) Bentley said he rolled down part of the mountain coming back, but he laughed about it, so all was good.
Viva's art photos: view from the top!
Viva's art photos: view from the top!
selfie at the top
We found tons of crowberries (see photo; not too many people pick these, but we do), some blueberries (these are highly sought after at this location so it was hard to find them still on the bush!), a handful of lingonberries, and ten or so other harder to find berries....which I am sure will add flavor to our jelly. The seven of us picked 13 cups of berries--90+% were crowberries.
It was a great afternoon!
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