Blueberry picking

The berries are ripe in Juneau, so last week we took an adventure to seek them out on a nice day. We hiked up Blueberry Trail and saw all different kinds of berries almost immediately. We were sad we hadn't gotten a berry book yet, because we didn't know which ones were safe to eat. It turns out that almost all of them are... we found out when we got home. Anyway, the trail is about a mile and half long up to the top of a ridge where about forty years ago they cut down a bunch of trees to make the approach path to the airport clearer. The ensuing meadow made a great place for berry growth! Andy carried Sydney in a hiking backpack since it was a decent incline all the way up, and I straggled along :). The blueberries here are quite different from the ones in Oregon. They are almost black when they are fully ripe and taste a lot more like blackberries. Andy and Sydney love sour, so they were fans... I only ate a few and picked the rest for them. We had fun! It was a double win since once we were at the top, we were literally right below the approach path to the airport and got to see lots of helicopters and planes fly right over the top of us. I'm pretty sure we'll be venturing back to this trail again sometime, even if not this year, to pick some of the other kinds of berries we passed up.