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Blackberry Picking
Coppertone reaches into the bushes for a ripe berry, trying not to get pricked by the thorns too badly.
User: Austin Explorer - 7/30/2017

Location: Ragle Ranch Regional Park

Rating: 3stars
Difficulty: 2stars  Solitude: 2stars
Miles Hiked: 1.80 Miles  Elapsed Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes

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Coppertone and I made another visit to Ragle Ranch with more than just getting short in mind.  We recall the abundance of blackberries from last year and decided to see what we could pick once again.

Ideally, we may have been a week or two early, but scheduling availability played a part in when we could go.  Though there were plenty of red berries not ready to be picked a little pick of searching yielded plenty of plump blackberries at full ripeness.  Despite a slow start we were able to fill up the tupperware containers we'd taken along for this very purpose.

When walking back to our not so secret spot we were surprised to see a number of fruiting pear trees along the Blackberry Trail.  Fruiting plants just seem to grow everywhere in this part of California!

A second reason for today's visit to the park was the 2017 Sonoma County Parks Trails Challenge.  This was the second of five hikes we'll do for the challenge before the end of September.



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