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Day: July 12, 2009

Fruit Of The Neighborhood

Right next to my condo is a large, empty field, most of which I believe to be owned by a local church. While walking Afie in a remote part of said field this evening I came across a rather large stand of blackberry plants with about 1/3 – 1/4 of the berries ripe.

After taking Afie home, grabbing a bowl, and getting to picking I ended up with just under half a pound of berries. These are really, really wonderful. Sitting here eating them tastes just like summer up north at my grandparents cottage / house after returning from the berry patches at the edge of the woods, just a mile or so down the road.

Oh, and the cost? Some time, ten (or so) mosquito bites, slightly scratched arms and legs, and a few berry stains on my hands. Thankfully no ticks were involved, despite the walk through tall grass and it being a warm July day.

I think I’ll eat maybe half of them now, then save the rest for breakfast tomorrow. I’ll likely leave them unwashed as well, just because.

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Highland Wore Me Out

On Kristi’s suggestion, her, Erik, and I headed out to Highland Recreation Area to ride the mountain bike trails there. So, we did, hitting all four loops. (See map here.)

I’m thinking that I really like this trail, although it was mentally draining to ride. Almost the entire route is twisty narrow single track with lots of stair step-like descents over roots, and technical climbs around, over, and between rocks and roots. This is the sort of trail where you have to carefully plan when to wipe sweat or drink from a CamelBak, as there seems to be something new around every corner and absolute attention is crucial.

After riding we went to El Patio on M-59 in Waterford for Mexican food, and it was quite good. As we were just on the outskirts of Pontiac it’s not hard to find good Mexican, but this was a particularly nice mixture of proper Mexican stuff and American-Mexican. Dessert was a Oreo Blizzard.

Upon returning home I’d intended to wash my car, but I kept nodding off while getting ready to do so. I guess Highland wore me out, so the car washing will have to wait a day or three.

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