Today Mark, Christa, Justin, Sitka, Konnor, Curley and I went berry picking up past Mosquito Lake (we were probably about 30 miles from town, if not further). We went down this old logging road, up a big mountain and walked into the middle of the forest to find good Blue Berries. The dogs had a blast because of course this is a "no leash" zone so they got to run around without any leashes and just be dogs. I'm so proud of the dogs my pups have turned out to be. To be able to let them off leash in a forest full of good smells and not have them run off is amazing! Nova could have come too but we didn't have room in my SUV for that many dogs AND people and since she is 1. Old and doesn't feel well any more and 2. Barks/whines in the car she had to stay at home :( ... poor girl! I will do a special trip with her tomorrow though. Oh! I almost forgot to tell you!!! Sitka loves Cherries, this is something we have known about her for awhile now (they are her FAVORITE treat) well today we found out she also LOVES blue berries. In fact, she loves them so much she will pick them straight off the bush! It's amazing to watch, she sticks her tongue out and test the leaves, branch and berries to find out what is berries and what isn't, then she takes her front teeth and pulls the berry (and only the berry) off the bush! It was fascinating to watch her do this.
The only downside to berry picking today was that it has been raining for the past 2 weeks so it was really, really wet! Everyone had rain gear but me, I thought I would be ok but it was REALLY cold. At one point I swore to myself I would never go berry picking again...lol. I know that's not true though because I did have a good time! Next time though I will wear more layers or rain pants so that I don't freeze to death. I got a couple pictures of the dogs on my cell phone. Sitka is a hard dog to get good pictures of but I think a few of these turned out really nice. If you notice both Konnor and Sitka has bells around there neck, it's so that they don't run up and surprise a bear.
Anyways! On to the pictures!
This last picture is of Konnor. I got so cold (we were out picking for probably 3 or so hours) I finally sat on the ground to help hold my body heat in. It was amazing how much warmer I got once my body had help keeping itself warm. Well I was sitting and picking so Konnor came over and curled up next to me. He fell asleep for awhile but I just thought he was so cute, he is such a momma's boy! The blue thing in the picture is my leg, if you look on the bush to Konnor's left you will see blue berries on it. Isn't' that cool!
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Poor Nova! We have to get you some warmer clothes. I'll start checking Lands End for some good sales. The blueberries look really good. I LOVE blueberry pie. I guess I'm going to have to come up there so we can spend a day making pies with all the fresh fruit you have. Give the doggies a hug from Mom-mom.
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