4th of July

How blessed I feel to live in such a beautiful country. Our family was able to spend a great 4th of July weekend with extended family in the beautiful mountains. Spending the 4th of July anywhere but in Sweet Cherry harvest is very rare. In fact in 25 years of marriage this is only the 3rd year we have not been harvesting. I had mixed feelings as I happily prepared for our trip to the mountains. I was feeling extremely guilty about being happy that we would be able to go on this rare trip since we had no Sweet Cherry crop. Sweet Cherries are one of our main crops and really need a great harvest every year to sustain the farm. In the early spring however Mother Nature was ruff on our area. Many crops were lost or extremely damaged by very cold temperatures. And so we will do our best with the crops we have and will remember with fond memories the 4th spent in the mountains.

This year we had very late snow storms. There has been alot of flooding as all the snow melted in the mountains. While on a 4-wheeler ride at one of the trail overlooks a rare 4th of July snowball fight took place.

The snow that was still piled under trees and where it had drifted was unbelievable. This drift was close to 8 feet deep in the middle. The view from this trail is fantastic, that is Thousand Lake Mountain in the back ground.

With all the spring moisture the wild flowers are blooming like we haven't ever seen. The weather was beautiful. Nice afternoon rain showers and cool evenings.