Fairbanks: First freeze.
September 4
Fairbanks: Beautiful amanita mushrooms everywhere. Highbush cranberries are ripe.
September 2
Carlo Creek, Cantwell/Denali Park: On trails into alpine areas. Some of the best red currants I’ve seen, growing like grapes in a vineyard. Ripe and delicious and incredibly plentiful. Many ripe blueberries, juicy but not as tasty as the Fairbanks berries. Many ripe crowberries and other alpine berries.
September 12
Swamp land, Big Lake: Picked lots of lowbush cranberries.
September 10
Fairbanks: First freeze.
September 8
Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Picked lowbush cranberry, crowberry, and black bearberry. Too late for blues but picked one single berry…
September 2
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked lots of highbush.
September 26
Fairbanks: First freeze.