nootka
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the little eight-legged ones!
Dungeness (pronounced DUN-Juh-ness) season is right around the corner and the boats are all loading up with crab pots, trucks drive by with trailers full of them stuffed with miles of green line and colorful buoys.
Hubby's been working on his boat's gear for over a month, now, and just today the boat set out for San Francisco, where the season opens "early" on Nov. 15.
He gets to fly down and meet the boat, though, so he gets a few days extra at home.
The season here in OR starts Dec. 1 provided the tests show the crab are ready.
Stormy weather and stacks of crab pots...truly it must be Christmas soon.
*LOL*
If you haven't tried it, I recommend it as the best tasting type of crab ever. If you are close, maybe we can find a way to get you a few either live or already cooked.
I will have to get some photos of the pots and boats, etc., and share them, now that I'm thinking about it.
This is also a very dangerous time as we traditionally lose several boats and/or crew in the very stormy weather when they overload their boats with pots or get swamped with waves as they work very close to shore in the surf sometimes.
I hope we have an unusual year and noone is badly hurt or killed.
Anyone else have any unusual occurrences that coincide w/the holidays and are therefore part of the "getting in the mood"?
Liz M.
Dungeness (pronounced DUN-Juh-ness) season is right around the corner and the boats are all loading up with crab pots, trucks drive by with trailers full of them stuffed with miles of green line and colorful buoys.
Hubby's been working on his boat's gear for over a month, now, and just today the boat set out for San Francisco, where the season opens "early" on Nov. 15.
He gets to fly down and meet the boat, though, so he gets a few days extra at home.
The season here in OR starts Dec. 1 provided the tests show the crab are ready.
Stormy weather and stacks of crab pots...truly it must be Christmas soon.
*LOL*
If you haven't tried it, I recommend it as the best tasting type of crab ever. If you are close, maybe we can find a way to get you a few either live or already cooked.
I will have to get some photos of the pots and boats, etc., and share them, now that I'm thinking about it.
This is also a very dangerous time as we traditionally lose several boats and/or crew in the very stormy weather when they overload their boats with pots or get swamped with waves as they work very close to shore in the surf sometimes.
I hope we have an unusual year and noone is badly hurt or killed.
Anyone else have any unusual occurrences that coincide w/the holidays and are therefore part of the "getting in the mood"?
Liz M.