I was nine the first time I went to Idaho. My mom and brother and I went on a summer trip with my mom's friend and her daughters. We spent two weeks playing in sunshine and floating down rivers in inner tubes...well, except for the two or three days it rained. And we were in Utah for a while as well. But that's not the point! The point is that it's where I had huckleberries for the first time. And huckleberry shakes. And huckleberry candy. And pancakes with huckleberry syrup. I was in love.
I didn't have huckleberry anything again until tonight. My roommates and I split the cost of a gallon of huckleberry ice cream and I'm in love all over again.
I love everything huckleberry. My grandma used to take us wild huckleberry picking. I just ate them until my stomach hurt. I forgot all about huckleberries until now. I am sure they are in the Celestial kingdom.
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