Originally it was Mimi, Rebecca and myself to be hiking Vly & Bearpen in the morning then finishing the day on Balsam Lake mountain. Mimi had to head back out because her son was making a surprise visit over the weekend so it was down to Rebecca and I.
Quick scoot up and down Vly passing four friends who started 20 minutes after us. On our way up Bearpen we kept an eye out for big patches of ramps that have popped up recently off the right side of the road. With constant chitchat we were up to the summit before we knew it. On our way back down we didn’t see our four friends again until we got close to the Hunters cabin, they had found and harvested some ramps over on Vly. Rebecca stopped first,prepared with a stool and scissors to harvest the amount allowed by the State ,while I went further down the road to harvest enough to put into several nights salad.
Since Mimi would miss BLM we decided to skip it for a time when she could join us. On my way down from the cabin I ran into another friend that haven’t seen since last fall so I was able to hear about her two month trip to New Zealand over the winter. Nice easy day with plenty of time to run some errands on my way home.