Saturday, July 19, 2008

SAILING!!!!

This morning we woke up early, packed our lunch & met Grandpa down @ Westsound Marina. Today is the day we got to go sailing! Grandpa's boat is a 32' sailboat & it is beautiful!!! It is old but he & a buddy have done a lot of work on it, and the kids loved that you could go down underneath an lay down, eat @ a table & even go to the bathroom.

Our goal today was to catch crabs! We set out the crab pot with rotton fish, and set the cage down and went off sailing all around Westsound! It is amazing how powerful wind is! & how graceful a sailboat can be, it is also very exciting when you have to change the sails &everyone has to be involved! I could be out there all day!

About 1 1/2 hours later we returned & pulled up our crab cage! There were about 8 crabs! We had to measure them & make sure they were not too small & not female. ( I have no idea how to tell that!) We ended up with 2 crabs. & reset the pots & now we are headed back to see what we can get this time! I hope we like crab, because I think that is what we are having for dinner! Gotta run!

3 comments:

Katie said...

How fun! We went crabbing on our honeymoon on The Oregon Coast-we loved it.

Unknown said...

You are just making more and more jealous that you are up there and we are not.

Heather said...

Karen- that sounds so fun. You sound like you are on the "Deadliest catch". Pulling up crab pots out of the ocean. Miss you lots!


race map

race map
It was so beautiful!

here's the "Before"

here's the "Before"
Before...

pony tails, to be cut off

pony tails, to be cut off

too late to change your mind...

it's short!

it's short!
now...we'll make it cute!

darling!

darling!
"she looks like a teenager" Clayton said

happy st. pactricks day!

happy st. pactricks day!
Claire loves to strike a pose...

Cousin Brigham

Cousin Brigham
Clayton, Claire & Kennedy loved to feed Brigham...good thing he was a good eater!

Happy Birthday Claire!

swine flu virus

swine flu virus
GROSS!

This is what 9 looks like

This is what 9 looks like

How is that for a hairdo?

How is that for a hairdo?
thanks Lara

Let's go fly a kite!


Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!!!


Orcas Island from ferry

Orcas Island from ferry

Orcad Island ferry landing

Orcad Island ferry landing