Cherry Pickers Trot

The Cherry Pickers Trot is back for a major milestone year in 2018, combining family fun with a 4-mile run through Green Bluff’s picturesque orchard country. Walkers, strollers and kids are encouraged to take part in the run and to compete for prizes. The summer festival also includes food vendors, music and the free Tot Trot for children ages 5 and under. The 40th anniversary event wouldn’t be complete, of course, without the Cherry Pit Spit — dubbed the “largest pit spitting event this side of the Rockies” — in which contestants try to spit a cherry pit as far as they can. The Cherry Pit Spit record is 49 feet and 4 inches (men’s record; women’s is 32 feet, 9 inches), in case you were curious or wanted to start practicing at home to try and beat it.

Thu, July 19 from 5-7 pm • $15 for run; festival events free • Beck’s Harvest House • 9919 E. Greenbluff Rd. • greenbluffgrowers.com/cherry-pickers-trot