-40 Today, Time for Summer Memories

 A bit fuzzy, but the cranberries were huge this year. Best crop I have seen in over 40 years of picking them.

 More than 40 lbs. in this photo. Altogether we picked over 130 lbs. of different kinds of berries. All now frozen, canned or dried.these are Lingonberries, also know as low bush Cranberries, our favorite.

 On the Takhini River, east of Whitehorse and a little South, near Kusawa Lake. Camped, fished and picked berries. Quiet and beautiful.

 Some of my 'Stargazer" Oriental lilies. The blooms are huge, fragrant and just plain beautiful!

 We have gone soft in our old age. Pretty much had it with sleeping in a tent on the ground. Got our "Hawk" 4 Wheel Camper in June. Spent lots of time in it. Very minimal but all that we need.Much higher level of comfort than we're used to. We lived in it for over three weeks in the Fall on our trip to Alberta and B.C. Loved every minute! You do need to be organized in such a small place, but really, a furnace? Wonderful!!

Last but best. New change rooms and deck at Liard Hot Springs. Went down there a couple of times for multiple days. Never gets old!!!!

Picking Blueberries in the White Pass

To start-these aren"t really blueberries but blue huckleberries. All are species of Vassininum and the berries look very simular. No matter, they are really tasty! And for the first time in a few years there is a bumper crop. Not to mention that the place they grow is the most beautiful in the Yukon and one of my favorite places to go. It is about an hours drive to the White Pass, a wild and exotic place. Often windy and the weather can be pretty wild. LOTS of bears (duh...bears and berries go hand in hand in this part of the world).
We only picked for about three hours and got 27 lbs. I now have two huge bags of dried berries and about a gallon to eat each day for breakfast. I don't really need more berries but am planning on going back and exploring for some new patches. The area around the Alaska/Yukon border is above treeline, full of huge rocks, glaciers and hidden glens full of berry bushes. It is a really neat place to go to.