Berry Picking

Suited up, ready for some hands free, bear free pickin'!
First stop, Tsalteshi Trails

for cranberries,
wild chickens and moose poo. They make jewelry out of the droppings in Talkeetna.











Then on to Skilak Lake for Highbush cranberries.


and a hike to a gorgeous view of Kenai Canyon.

Look at the color of that water! Apparently it's the glacial silt.
Beautiful.

Awesome Fall colors and, if you look closely, Redoubt Volcano in the background.
The fruit of my labor. The dark ones will be baked into cranberry orange spice bread and the light ones have already been juiced and made into a simple syrup/juice concoction. Way too bitter without adding the sugar.