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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Been there, done that.   The Loop is even more fun when the peaches are ready, though the late cherries and early peaches overlap some as there are a couple of cherry growers at the highest altitudes that pick in August.
One caution, DON'T spend the day eating cherries the way the author did (or claims to have) unless you are ready to spend several hours with the worst gas you ever had.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jun 19, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Brungardt, Sam wrote:

If this doesn't want to make you climb in the car and head west... 

In Oregon, a Cherry Jubilee 
By PABLEAUX JOHNSON 
Fresh-fruit fanatics hit the Hood River Fruit Loop, a 
loosely affiliated network of orchards, produce stands and berry farms in northwest Oregon. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/travel/escapes/16fruit.html?th&emc=th