Arizona Morels

For years, I listened with envy to my cousin in Indiana talk about harvesting hundreds of morels each season. He and his family would sell them at the local car shows and races. I just wanted to see one. 

In Arizona, this year's early rain storms in May, combined with previous wildfires and managed burns have helped trigger some of the best morel foraging in history. 

(NOTE: I still haven't found one, and these are from foragers in our state, but now I am hopeful.)

 

Fiddlehead Foraging

We foraged near Alpine today, searching for fiddleheads. We found enough for stir fry and even put some in the freezer. This is one of nature's superfoods. Tasty and tender sprouts of ferns. We were careful to only pick 1-2 from each fern base. 

Beautiful day in the mountains and we also saw about 100 elk in the Nutrioso herd.