Cherry-oh-baby

I love Michigan.
I love the orchards, the vineyards, the fields of corn.
And I love having a friend with a fruit farm :)

This week cherry-picking is in progress. For me, city girl for most of her life and without any real clue of what goes on a fruit farm, a trip over there's always An Experience. Today I learned that 'picking' isn't really picking. There is a bat-wing-upside-down-umbrella-like-contraption involved that circles around the tree, shakes it and then catches all the falling cherries. I was suitably impressed.

I walked around for some time, got stuck in the mud when the ground disappeared underneath me and had a generally splendid time. Then we got to fill our bag with hands and hands full of cherries, fishing them from the icy cold water they are being kept in.
We ate quite a bit too. How could we not!

I've never made a cherry pie before, but I feel the need to. Anyone have a good recipe to share?