Huckleberry picking

They are small, but soooo worth it!  It was our first time huckleberry picking, and as can be expected, many many went into the mouth and not in the bucket :)  My favorite part of the morning was when Zeta hesitated tromping into the woods, saying, "BEARS really like huckleberries".  Thankfully, we didn't run into any competition!  And, we found enough to really enjoy them on vanilla ice cream after dinner. Yum!!

Along the way, Jaffa found a "nature challenge" for me.  She brought me the smaller piece of this stump and challenged me to find its match.  And I did! She wasn't with me, so I brought photographic evidence of my success.  She was impressed :)

Other than the fabulous taste of the huckleberries, the view was awesome from up there too.

And we had our scouts on the lookout for more bushes along the way back down too!