Blackberry picking

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User: Austin Explorer - 8/7/2016

Location: Ragle Ranch Regional Park

Rating: 3stars
Difficulty: 2stars  Solitude: 3stars
Miles Hiked: 1.49 Miles  Elapsed Time: 1 hour, 7 minutes

Comments:

Coppertone and I decided to drive to Ragle Ranch after seeing blackberry bushes with some ripe fruit at Crane Creek Regional Park.  On our previous outing here we saw some very large thickets of blackberries and knew there'd be some nice picking here.  It did not disappoint.

Hiking-wise we ended up doing a short look through Thistle Trail where some of the largest concentrations of blackberry bushes could be found.  At one point a walker came through asking about the expected distance to get back to the trailhead and after we told him our estimate he asked whether or not bears would be a problem in the park!  We assured him he was safe.



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