Peckerheads and sore feet

The grand totals from the past two days: 20 morels, 21 ticks, two sore feet.

We have been north. We have been south. We have been east and tomorrow one of us will go west. We have been on the hunt nonstop for the past two days and we have little or nothing to show for it.

Time to go deep.

I ran into Jeanmarie and Deano in the woods and they had nice buckets of fresh morels. They explained that they had hiked for more than an hour to get access to a place that had been untouched this past weekend. I like their spunk.

One thing we have found common this year; half free morels, also commonly called peckerheads. They are edible, but look similar to verpas and stinkroots and need to be positively identified before cooking and eating. They are very delicate and take great care to make it back to the house in one piece.