Northern Exposure

Last weekend I took a short trip up to the state of Washington to see my cousin and family. The drive up is not bad, just takes several hours driving through the Pacific Northwest.

One thing that is always nice is to be greeted by Lincoln, my cousin’s dog. As soon as I pull into the drive way, Lincoln is there barking and wagging his tail. At this time of year the berries and fruit are reaching there best and on the property there is a wide assortment of fruit trees and wild berries.

I spent a few minute picking plums and then moved to berries. Mostly black berries, they have a standard variety of berry but they have Imperial variety as well. These are very large berries and they have a taste similar to apple when you first pop one in your mouth, then that black berry finish taste comes in. The apples and pears were still had a little to go so we left them on the tree, but the plums made up for it.

Also a ride on the canoe was a given, and of course Lincoln had to go. The fun thing is that Lincoln love to ride the canoe but hates water. It makes for a fun time having the dog run around the canoe and keeping it from tipping. But it is always fun.