Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Price of Huckleberries


Yesterday, I spent the better part of eight hours clawing my way up and down steep inclines.  I crawled over and under deadfall.  At times, I literally swam through heavy brush.  All of this time, I had a bucket and a can of bear spray attached to my belt.
I was in known grizzly country.
Several times, I slipped on growths of beargrass and fell on my butt.
In the end, I came home with something a bit under two gallons of huckleberries.
Whatever the going price is for fresh huckleberries, it’s not near enough.
Finally, I can’t think of anything I would rather do for eight hours.

--Mitchell Hegman

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