4th & Strawberries

Yesterday we went over to my parents for a 4th of July party. Had a good time especially eating the famous family onion and pepper rings. Probably the highlight of my day right there - maybe even my summer! The second highlight had to be while I was chatting w/Cran and Mallory walks over holding a beer stating it was her beer and she was going to drink it. And then of course my always so appropriate husband had to take it one step farther. :)

Since I have never been strawberry picking before, today seemed like a great day to try it. We found a place in Belle Plain which wasn't too far away. They said today was the first day strawberries were available for the season - perfect! They use this different technique called hydroponic so the plants are in pots and you don't have to bend over so much. Sounded even better. We already had plans to go biking w/Cari and Greg in the morning so we headed down there mid afternoon - against many warnings of how busy/crazy it was going to be. We got there and the parking lot was pretty empty, which should've been our first warning sign. We talk to a women in the shop and she tells us that it's been super busy all day long but there should still be some good berries along the back. We went to the back but it was pretty picked over and most of the strawberries were small. Not exactly what we were expecting. Who knew that a strawberry patch could run out of strawberries!!

They were still really juicy and tasty so it wasn't a total bust. Definitely not quite like the fields Justin was raving about that they had in Randolph. Maybe next weekend we'll have to check some of those out.