More Berries....

Bill and the big tree

July 15 – We didn’t really plan out our day off before going to bed and didn’t get up until 9, so we knew we wouldn’t be going on a road trip.  We took our time with breakfast and finally decided to load our bikes on the truck and drive to Snyders Landing and bike to Killiansburg Cave on the towpath.  We arrived and parked and on the path we encountered a HUGE tree across the path.  The ride was only 1.4 miles and we stopped and took our photos.  Bill attempted going to the cave but it was steep and with the rain we’ve had the rocks were slippery.  He asked if I could make it back to the truck OK as he wanted to ride the towpatch back to our camp.  I assured him I could manage getting my bike over the 2 foot high fallen tree and into the back of the truck! 

 

Bill at the mouth of the cave

Loading the bike was easier that getting it over the tree but I managed.  I had just gotten home and was sitting down with a beverage when Bill arrived.  He said he saw me as I drove thru what we call The Village.  He said there was another smaller tree over the path so he called into our supervisor and she said she’d notify maintenance.

 

After a rest we went to do our duty at the campground.  It took about an hour to check all 20 sites after the weekend and there was more trash along the road than in the campground.  The maintenance truck came as we were cleaning and brought us a box of trash bags.  They had been up to move the trees and once they get on there are only so many places they can get a truck off the towpath and it’s just south of us.

 

Bill picking berries

We had lunch and read a while and waited for it to cool

The berries

down to go pick berries.  We finally left about 4 and were only gone an hour and came back with a gallon of berries, mostly raspberries.  There were tons and we could have gotten a lot more but we can only eat so many and freezer space.  I did put 2 pints in the freezer and made a 2-3 serving cobbler.  We made a fire in our grill pit to grill dinner and while it got going I noticed some berries behind our RV.  Not a lot but by the time I did the perimeter of our space I had a large cupful.  We’ll definitely pick more before leave here.