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| Crabs boiling on the Coleman Stove |
Nothing too exciting this trip. Just some crabbing, antiquing, and hanging out doing little to nothing. Pretty awesome! We arrived at Grayland Beach State Park on August 1st, after getting a nice late start. We were up and at em not too early the next morning with our focus being crab. As we left our RV early that morning at about 10am, I noticed that our neighbors were already boiling some dungeness crab. When I asked if they had already been to the boat basin, they stated that they had just picked these up out in the tide pools on the beach... They had picked up about 20 or so since they had been here. Hmmm... Anyway, we went to the boat basin at Westport and tossed our crab ring and pot in the water after paying way too much for bait. We managed to catch two keepers in four hours. Not so great. But, we did see a sealion, some seals, and a lot of pelicans. I don't remember seeing any pelicans as a kid. The population must really be expanding. The highlight of the day, however, had nothing to do with wildlife. We decided to move from one moorage slip to another. Colton, being the excited kid he is ran over to grab our chairs. He didn't realize the camera was in the cupholder of my chair. Yes, I got the old everything goes to slow-motion as I watched the camera fall out, bounce once, and splash into the water... So, all the photos in this post are from cellphone cameras. Not the best, but certainly better than nothing...
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| Second day's catch |
The next day, we went out in the morning at low tide searching the tidepools. We found two more keepers and made them our special guests for brunch. Next time, I'll bring a net to duct tape to a pole to get at some of the deeper ones we jut couldn't get to. Well, anyways, I didn't want to get as wet as would have been required to get the. Not much more to report, other than a little sun and relaxation. Next trip won't be until the end of the month due to stuff going on at work. That will be Ocean City State Park. I hear it's right next to the casino. Hmmmmm...
