After storing our yummy produce and other purchases from the Farmer’s Market at home, we head off in the VW Camper to visit Smith Berry Barn, another wonderful and delightful place with plants, flowers, pottery, chickens, goats, and FIELDS of berries. The barn is a cute little gift shop with a great selection of unusual items. We are surprised and excited to find some of the American Spoon product line that we had discovered on a trip to Michigan a few years ago. We wander through the delightful gift shop, tempted by a fresh Berry Smoothie from the soda fountain but decide to buy some non-edible ‘souvenirs’ and then check out the grounds.

Outside, we visit with the goats that are looking for a handout, and stop to watch an entertaining mixed flock of chickens. We have the option of picking our own berries from the fields or purchasing from the fruit stand at the barn.  Since the berry season is off to a slow start and the self-picking looks like a lot of work, we opt to ‘pick’ our berries from the stand.  The owner invites us to taste, so we do – taste and taste – then choose a half-flat mix of Wallamet Raspberries, Tayberries, Blueberries, and Marion Berries- yummmmy! The ride home is fun driving through the ‘country’ roads in our bus and grazing on our berries while enjoying the scenery of other berry patches and fields of different crops.