There’s always something in the fine print

akjuneau Jul 15, 2010 3 Comments

After hearing about all the great berry-picking this year, I decided today to go on a mission to pick wild blueberries for the first time. I headed up onto forest backroads way north of Two Harbors, in search of a good patch to harvest, and then of course keep as a closely held secret. Miles off the pavement, in the middle of nowhere on a rutted, rocky, bumpy single-lane track, I came around a curve and saw this…

Wow. God’s Wilderness. Alas, the small sign on the post at left…

I guess God’s Wilderness is not for me. I do have to say that I’ve seen much better wilderness than that particular spot.

Back to the berries, after a few more hours of (literally) fruitless searching, I did hit a mini-jackpot – an untouched patch of ripe blueberries. It was late and I didn’t have much time left, but I got maybe three or four pints’ worth:

Where was that patch? I’m not telling – and having “my own” blueberry patch feels like a momentous milestone in my northern Minnesota / Wisconsin existence.

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3 Comments

woodtick

about 14 years ago 

'Three or four pints worth"?  Sounds good, beer or berries.  My high-bush bluebs reach their peak around the first week of September more or less.  

As for "God's Wilderness" -- Did 'He' tell you?  Well, it ain't all of it, that's for sure.

MJ

about 14 years ago 

God's Wilderness Gated Vacation Neighborhood

doubledutch

about 14 years ago 

Yikes. God's wilderness is not for me, either.

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