Correction to my previous statement... I am apparently eating huckleberries, not blueberries. Turns out there are several varieties of huckleberry, ranging from very blueberry-like (although tart) to something shaped like a blueberry but is deep red in color (and delicious!). The huckleberry everyone buys in stores is the one I'm picking, while avoiding the tart blue variety.

Turns out I am also endulging in salmon berries! These look like raspberries the size of blackberries and are pink when ripe, orange when mostly ripe, yellow when edible but not quite ripe. I took a picture of one the size of a golf ball. Wild strawberries are also around, but I haven't found a ripe one yet.

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I think I know where I need to go next year! All the berries sound amazing and I am sure that the scenery isn't so bad either! I hope there are more delicious surprises along the way.

Happy Hiking!

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LOVE Huckleberries...wanted to pick some when I was in Montana but since I was there in January, it wasn't really the season for them...but I was able to have some delicious huckleberry pancakes!
I'm sure what you are seeing is pretty incredible. The Northwest is gorgeous!!
What an amazing journey you're on. Can't wait to hear more about it. 3

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I was surprised to hear you were eating tasty wild blueberries. Oregon supplies us with farm-raised blueberries and they're larger and definitely not as good as Maine blueberries. But huckleberries are wild throughout the Pacific northwest. We don't see them in our stores, except in the processed jam/preserves form - still awfully delicious.

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I'd love to make a huckleberry pie. Any chance you could bring some home?

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