Huckleberries hears of a close encounter between a Berry Picker and two city workers who were cleaning up the beach between the Coeur d'Alene Resort and Independence Point Sunday morning. Seems the worker bees didn't take into account the wet shifting sand at the beach -- and were stuck. The Berry Picker noticed the bad tires on their rig, and offered to pull them out with his 4-by-4 pickup and a tow rope. The BP said he could do so without getting driving onto the beach and tearing it up any further. But the city workers declined the offer, stating that they'd call in a tractor of some sort from elsewhere in town. One way or the other, you can bet the truck will be gone and the sand smoothed in time for tourist season.