Thanks for the beta, everyone. I'm heading up soon and plan to interperse big hikes and smaller hikes, so berry hunting will be in order on some of these.
One of my favorite hike memories is of my second climb of Connecticut's Bear Mountain, July 17, 2010. My best hiking buddy and I were rewarded with a panoply of blues on the cone, countless. We returned and hit Everett and Race a few weeks after and were similarly festooned amid a sea of blue.
I've been back a couple summers since to the Southern Taconics and struck out - 2010 was a special year in that area, evidently. Looking forward to painting my face and fingers blue up north soon.