Genny's Take on Sunday's Morel Hunt!

After having so many people call and e-mail to cancel out on the morel hunt due to snow and cold in Boise, and north to Cascade, I did what I said I wouldn't do. I canceled the hunt, but said I would go because there would be gung-ho die-hard morel pickers who would not get the e-mail and show up at Mann Creek Store parking lot. I then get an e-mail from Sue Poland around 10 PM. Beautiful day and good hunting. No snow in Cambridge Saturday. I then get an e-mail from Bill Betts and picking was good for him Saturday also up the Middle Fork of the Weiser River near Cabin Creek Campground. I tell him I am going. Bob Chehey un-chickens out and decides to go after all. Debbie Duncan had already called and said she would ride up with me to the rendezvous spot. My spouse also decides to go. Truck is now seriously full.

Jim Torell is waiting for us at Mann Creek Store. He did not get the e-mail. Bill Betts shows up. Herb and Trudy Naugle show up. My phone rings and Jim Baxter is waiting in Cambridge. We hit the road and pull into the Ag shop. No Sue. four Atteberrys show up. Linda Fleetwood shows up. Sue comes out of the greenhouse and Bryan shows up. Jim Baxter shows up. We now have quite a parade heading toward Council and the Middle Fork Road.
What Sue didn't say was that Bryan had to climb down a steep slope to the creek to find this mother load of morels. Once the Polands drove from Fall creek to Cabin Creek to spread the word and shared their wealth, everyone but Bill Betts, Jim Baxter, Bob Chehey, Debbie Duncan, Mike and myself jumped ship and went roaring off to Fall Creek again.

Around 4:30 we left a note under Bill's windshield wiper telling him we were leaving for civilization and going home.

Conclusion: The morels on Cabin Creek were very well picked over before we got there. There were 2 groups of people on ATV's picking morels on the hillsides past the campground. They were dumping them in large plastic crates. The morels on Fall Creek are just starting to pop up. I'd really like to see the ATV people try and drive their rigs down and back up the hillside where Bryan found his bonanza. That could be fun to watch.
A good time was had by all, and everyone got some morels. I knew I should have followed Bryan!
Genny Steiner