Summer started showing signs of ageing to fall a few weeks back around Fairbanks. Flowers going to seed was the first indicator of winter's approach. While the beauty of flowers disappearing may not be exciting, what comes next is always highly anticipated...... berry season! An ambitious berry picker can fill their freezer with gallons wild fruits like raspberries,
cloudberries, cranberries and blueberries.
Some years are better than others. This year was not one of the better seasons but Becky still managed to hunt down a phenomenal blueberry patch where she was able to pick several gallons of berries in a few hours. I know what you are thinking right about now. No! We won't tell you the location of our top secret berry patch. You can't make us talk....... unless..... nope, you can't make us talk.
Now the berries are on their way out, the leaves have turned orange, yellow and red and have started to fall to the ground. Three days ago we got our first snow but it has since melted. Soon it will stick and we will move on to skiing and plugging our cars in so they start.
Summer started showing signs of ageing to fall a few weeks back around Fairbanks. Flowers going to seed was the first indicator of winter's approach. While the beauty of flowers disappearing may not be exciting, what comes next is always highly anticipated...... berry season! An ambitious berry picker can fill their freezer with gallons wild fruits like raspberries, cloudberries, cranberries and blueberries. 
Some years are better than others. This year was not one of the better seasons but Becky still managed to hunt down a phenomenal blueberry patch where she was able to pick several gallons of berries in a few hours. I know what you are thinking right about now. No! We won't tell you the location of our top secret berry patch. You can't make us talk....... unless..... nope, you can't make us talk.
Now the berries are on their way out, the leaves have turned orange, yellow and red and have started to fall to the ground. Three days ago we got our first snow but it has since melted. Soon it will stick and we will move on to skiing and plugging our cars in so they start.