Just Rocks

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July 30th & 31th – We have one full day (Wednesday the 30th) to fill our tanks with crab before the off load deadline tomorrow.  Ok, this is not Deadliest Catch but we like to pretend and with 6 pots in the water it feels like all we are doing is pulling pots.  Our target crab is the delicious Dungeness variety but unfortunately they don’t seem to be here.  All we are getting is large Rock Crab but they are almost as delicious – just harder to get the meat out.  We decided to keep the Rockies and forget about the Dungies we’re missing out on.  We did pretty good in all with 21 large Rock crab kept in the end!

That evening the full moon was beautiful!  From the Dinghy we watched it rise up right next to Mt Rainier, it was an awesome sight.  Skylar camped out on shore all by himself.  He said it was a wild night with fighting seals on the dock and crazy coyotes making all kinds of noises in the woods.  He was surrounded by animals of the wilderness and he loved it.

Then next day we packed up everything and set off for Fair Harbor Marina at 2:25pm.  Traveling 16.34nm we arrived at the dock and started cleaning all the crab.  21 crabs take a while to clean but Skylar and I had a great system and we got it done quickly.

John (Julies Uncle) drove down to the marina, picked us up, and took us to dinner.  We had a great dinner with Julies family at The Boat House Restaurant in Allyn.  Tomorrow the family reunion starts.

Trip Log – 31.41nm

 

 

 

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