Going to a local farmers market or even a locally owned grocery store is a great way to pick up some of these edible delights.
A view of Vista House at Columbia River Gorge near Portland, OR
I'll never forget a summer trip into the breathtaking land of Oregon with very good friend Corey, who I've known since early college. She took my brother, his girlfriend and I to this great Vista overlooking the Gorge. We happened upon a blueberry picking patch which I believe is named Kirby's Blueberry Patch. Picking buckets worth on the honor system, we took so many blueberry's we had to freeze bags of them. Amazing.
Buckets of blueberries, very similar to those we filled in Oregon.
Another joy of summer is boating. Pleasure boats such as a sailboat or faster mode of motor boating and even an adventure boat such as a whitewater raft for hitting a river of rapids are all fantastic ways to celebrate the season.
I recommend a whitewater rafting adventure trip in Oregon on the White Salmon River for it's 14' drop, not for the faint of heart. I did this in the summer of 2009 and it's the best rapid I've ever gone over.
The Class 4 river run has the tallest commercially raftable waterfall in the nation, 14-foot Class 5 Husum Falls. Such awesomeness!
Nature should not only be advocated to sustain our human necessities such as food, clothing and shelter but be maintained for the enjoyment it naturally has to offer. No matter what our world brings with technology greatness, not to be forgotten are nature's splendors.
