For the last I-don't-know-many years, my Mother-in-law has made a trip to an orchard in the Boise area, where she grew up, to bring back fresh fruit to the mountain communities she has lived in. When she and I moved this way a few years ago, she enlisted me, and I was happy to join in her cause. What cause, you may ask? Well, here in NW Wyoming, if a person owns a fruit tree, a precious apricot, for example, it is anybody's guess that the tree will make it through the winter, or bear blossoms, let alone fruit. The results in the marketplace are, of course, you pay out the nose for fresh fruit.
So, we take orders and make a run to Idaho, where the season is long and warm, fill up a U-Haul, 
and greet our friends and neighbors who have placed an order with smiles. Mom gets so excited about it she has a hard time turning people down, so this year we had over 500 boxes of fruit to bring home.
Dad joked, sort of, that we would need to get our hands on a Boeing 747 next year. Do you see that smile on her face, though? That is how Mom looks when she is serving. I love that smile. Of course, you have to get up pretty early to pick up peaches and drive them 12 hours home. Have I mentioned I am not a morning person? Part of that 12 hours is right through Yellowstone. I call it a perk. Yellowstone National Perk, haha. Happy canning!
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Are you doing it again this year?
We just went this last weekend... these are pictures from our trip. 12 hours up and 12 hours back. Whew!
Oh wow! I was thinking those picts were from last years trip. Way to go!!
What an awesome trip. And the fruit all looks so yummy. I can't believe you picked up so much fruit! I love that you and your family are still involved in "home town", neighborly things like sharing fruit. We need to be more involved in stuff like that. Fresh jam sounds awfully good right now, too!
Nice job, Kris! I wish we'd known. We could have ordered some and met you there! Would have been fun to see you again (I know it hasn't been all that long, though!) Glad you made it safe!
Krista- My family (well, mostly me) has almost gone through our box of peaches. The only thing we have made from them so far, is one peach pie (yummy!)-- other than that, I eat a lot of them in one day! I absolutely love them and it hits the spot every time!! Thank you and thank your mother-in-law for making the fruit run!! I especially appreciate it!!!
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