Berry pickin with a damn fine cup of joe

I had to get up early this morning, as I had to go pick up my pasture finished meat order at my local neighborhood buying club. Bear is usually sleeping in on Saturdays, so I was quite surprised to find him already up and in the shower when I returned. He decided to surprise me with a trip up to the mountains to go berry picking.

So what kind of berries did we go pick, you ask?

Cascade Blueberries

and Black Huckleberries.

So we drive up to our berry picking place and see that we weren't the only ones with the same agenda. We spent a good couple of hours up there in the sun picking berries and doing our best to avoid getting bitten by the damn mosquitoes (amazingly, we managed to do that without bug spray nevertheless).

The berry harvest wasn't a large one this year because NW weather has been pretty funky, but we managed to come back with roughly 3 lbs of berries.

On our way home we worked up an appetite and decided to stop in the town of North Bend for a bite to eat. We decided to stop at the cafe where they filmed the TV show "Twin Peaks".



(I know the interior photo is dark, but trust me, you'd appreciate that it was. Just try to remember the Double R as it was on TV, as that was homey-er feeling IMO)



As you can see, it's not quite the Double R Diner, but called Twede's Cafe. The interior of the cafe had been renovated if you will with Tweety decor (and frankly, I could do without it). We had a late lunch there, but being the coffee lover that I am, had to check and see if their coffee really was "a damn fine cup of joe"...



It wasn't bad, but wasn't all that great either. Just typical diner coffee on the mediocre side. But they did have "Twin Peaks cherry pie" on the menu and although I'm not a big cherry pie fan, I had to take a slice home to enjoy later. I gotta say, that pie was pretty damn good!!!

Before we headed home, we made a quick pit stop at Bear's uncle's house. While there, I notice that he's got blackberries growing in the backyard. Well I figured what the hell and picked another pound or so of blackberries too! Talk about a berry filled day.

Now to go buy some jars to make some delicious homemade jam! :)