Trips Day 42 Saturday June 5 2021 At Indian Rock RV York PA

This was an early morning much like we have taken some years in the past but this time not for bird watching, but for STRAWBERRY PICKING.

Kathy had invited us to come almong and pick so we thought that 9:00 AM was good time get there if possible as they opened at 8:00. We were out the door at about 9:00, the sun was shining and the temp was rising from 64 F to 73 F quite quickly.We could get out of the fields before it too hot.

The Shaw Farm in part

 

More of the Shaw Farm

 

 

 

 

 

 was amazed at the size of this operation, as the farm from the road seemed to cover many hundreds of acres as far as the eye could see. It was huge. We found a parking spot (All grass on a side hill of course) at the end (realizing it would get  filled in about another hour),and headed for the barn to get our lugs and a ride in the long wagon to the fields. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The young man helping us get into the wagon was striking with broad shoulder a smile on his face and a warm welcome.I asked him as I often do,  was he in college, but he said no, that he was a Junior in HS.That surprised  me as he was very comfortable in talking with others and in charge of this 25 or so patrons going to the picking fields. After  my question about future plans he replied that his goal was to attend one of the Military Acadamys , which I probed again about getting good marks in school. Yes sir he said I have a 4.5  GPA at present. Good stock and I wished him well on his journey. We exited the 1/2 mile ride at the fields and you could pick anywhere.as they do not mark rows or have a "manager of the field"this was a BIG field.

We picked for about an hour and got three lugs filled  for about one each. That was 38 pounds in all. I will say that the price per pound was high compared to other places.($2.75 a pound! I all fairness they were excellent berries and the picking was good, and there were many berries in every row.
The trip back to the cashier was bumpy as it was coming out, but we paid for them and took them to the Simmons. Immediately, we helped Kathy hull the berries and when we returned in the afternoon she had already canned (jams) many jars for the winter. We took Emily with us to the trailer as she wanted to spend some time with Grandpa and Grandma.

We had alight lunch and headed for two parks that we knew about.The first was the one we had visited the day before  called Richard M Nixon Park and Nature Center. This time we did go into the Nature Center. (Everyone wearing masks) This was not your ordinary Nature Center as it had ,along with the many educational displays  and information on animals and birds, a HUGE collection of mounted heads of over 100 animals from all over the world. This was done at a time that no longer exists and a number of citizens had donated them to this Nature Center.  There was also an emphasis on all of the worlds major habitats  and examples of the animals from each of them. It certainly  is a place where a person can study many different aspects of animals all in one place.  I  had mixed feelings about seeing all these creatures that were shot in a time when it was "OK" by many peoples standards.  Overall the Center was put together very well. 

We took time to show Emily where we did the bird watching there and showed her how to use the binoculars which she picked that up quite quickly. Spotting a Carolina Wren as quickly as I told her where to look. It was afternoon and we have said that is not the best bird watching time of the day. 

We did go to look at a second Park just two miles away at Michael H  Kain Park (These are both County Parks of York Co.). Actually at the marsh we saw a GREAT EGRET  many hundreds of feet away. That was a first.

We took Emily home and picked up our two boxes of strawberries to take with us.We made plans to have breakfast together in the morning. 

That evening after supper we met at a  local ice cream dairy just 2 miles from our trailer, and had some ice cream. It was a good sharing time.

That was pretty much the day except that Emily left her purse in the truck so she and Kathy came back to fetch it.

Tomorrow we meet for Breakfast .See you there.