Yet another riverside park, yawn...

Click on the photo of the Clackamas River for a slide show.


Today we returned home from Barton county park, one of our favorite close-to-home destinations. It is, in fact, 8.5 miles from our driveway. Nevertheless, it is beautiful and restful. To be honest, our motivation for THIS trip was to pick blackberries. In years past, we have gleaned quarts and quarts of the sweet black jewels at Barton. In fact, I can recall one trip when we skipped dinner, because we had gorged ourselves on black berries.

This trip was not to provide such bounty. We were, I think, about three weeks late. What berries hadn't been picked had dried up on the vines, in part, no doubt, as the result of several days of summer temps over the century mark. It appeared, too, that the grounds crew had been trying to eliminate some of the vines. They didn't check with me, before they started on that quest!!

So, we didn't have blackberries...alas, there will be no blackberry jam on the table this winter. On the other hand, we had a wonderful time strolling around the park and visiting the Clackamas River, which runs along the southern edge of the park. Yesterday, it was very hot, so we spent a good deal of time enjoying Sadie's air conditioner and new TV set! Most of all, we enjoyed time together to relax. We started a new Bible study and chatted about the lifestyle changes we are choosing to make, including joining an athletic club and minding our food choices better.

We were at Barton for three days and two nights, but as is usually the case in public parks, there was no internet connectivity, so I had to wait until we returned home to post this.