7/29/25 – Well, it’s go time people!! The blueberries are ripe! We have lots of berry plants near us along the trail. They tend to love disturbed areas so check out clearings without many big trees. Every year when I get back to a patch that I know definitely has blueberries, it still takes me a second to actually find the plants, but once you spot them and know what to look for, there is so much blue!

Look out for little plants, close to the ground in those disturbed areas. They are way closer to the ground than you’d think. Other than blueberries, we also still have juneberries (see a few blog posts ago from Isabelle for that update) and some raspberries. There have also been a lot of paddlers coming back from the wilderness having good luck finding berries along portages as a mid-portage snack. With the hot and humid weather we’ve been having, don’t forget to bring water and sun protection with you to pick. Since the patches get more direct sun, it gets hot fast. Happy picking!!

– Anna