So, the story behind Les Mason State Park is that it used to be owned privately by.....Les Mason and his family. As his descendants took on the property, it became clear to them that the tax base for lakeshore property on Whitefish Lake was too high for their budgets. So they deeded the land to the state, with the provision that it remain open access to the public.
Anyway, when Les lived here, he had apple and cherry trees, which did very well and continue to do so until now. In an attempt to keep bear problems to a minimum, the state wants to keep bear attractants down, which means cutting down the fruit trees. This is where we came in. We keep discovering more fruit trees as they fruit, both cherry and apple. One of the cherry trees was just loaded this year, but all of them at the very tippy top. So, Darrell got his saw and cut it down so we could harvest the cherries, as the tree would be cut down in the fall anyway.
We ended up picking 3 gallon baggies full of cherries, and they were the dark sweet ones. So good.
I got on the internet and found a recipe for baked cherries. It turned out kind of like a flan.....with whipped cream, delicious!
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