Brought the girls down for our annual July 4th expedition to the pines. Last year we collected over a quart of blueberries in less than an hour along the roads north of Washington and south of Hawkin Bridge, but damned if we could find any today. We managed maybe a pint of the small wild huckleberries, and saw a ton of immature berries. At first I was thinking they were picked out, but now I am thinking maybe they are a little late this year.
We started at Forked River so the kids could check out the view. From there across on Bryant and Woodmansie to Old Halfway, which they got a kick out of, as did the dog. My daughter Emily discovered that soft, gooey clay mud can lie just beneath a sandy crust, and got a nice coating to the mid-calf for her trouble.
From there south on Laurie's to Crawley and on down to Jenkin and Lake Oswego to 563, around below Harrisville and up to Martha and the pumphouse. There were people partying below Martha at the two swimming spots, tossing cans around and what not. Hope they cleaned up after themselves.
After that we took Tuckerton Rd. from... is it 689 that runs past Harrisville, anyway we took Tuckerton up to Washington and it was very passable. Explored all around north of Washington as far as Jemima looking for berries, and then did the same over off Penn Swamp and Elmwood-Batsto roads. Very good and dry driving conditions throughout as I noted in another post.
But no berries
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Except for the pint we got for $2 from the Honor Stand on Atsion Road
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Edit: By the way, my kids were wondering what the site just south of 72 on Crawley is? It looks like some kind of environmental cleanup operation.
We started at Forked River so the kids could check out the view. From there across on Bryant and Woodmansie to Old Halfway, which they got a kick out of, as did the dog. My daughter Emily discovered that soft, gooey clay mud can lie just beneath a sandy crust, and got a nice coating to the mid-calf for her trouble.
From there south on Laurie's to Crawley and on down to Jenkin and Lake Oswego to 563, around below Harrisville and up to Martha and the pumphouse. There were people partying below Martha at the two swimming spots, tossing cans around and what not. Hope they cleaned up after themselves.
After that we took Tuckerton Rd. from... is it 689 that runs past Harrisville, anyway we took Tuckerton up to Washington and it was very passable. Explored all around north of Washington as far as Jemima looking for berries, and then did the same over off Penn Swamp and Elmwood-Batsto roads. Very good and dry driving conditions throughout as I noted in another post.
But no berries
.Except for the pint we got for $2 from the Honor Stand on Atsion Road
.Edit: By the way, my kids were wondering what the site just south of 72 on Crawley is? It looks like some kind of environmental cleanup operation.
