Several days it has threatened to rain and finally it did rain.  It makes for some beautiful skies and I was hoping for a good sunset.  When the sun comes out it is so bright and the sky is so blue.  So far it has not rained a whole day and we see the sun everyday.  It is windy so walking is only with lots of layers and I have had to get earmuffs as my ears were so cold.  My other investment in the Northwest is going to be a wind breaker.    The beach is awesome to walk on and Duke loves it, Paul not so much so we will leave him home most of the time.

It promised to be a good one

The evening was shaping up for a  great sunset; lots of white and gray clouds along with a lot of sunshine and blue sky.  So we jump in the car about 8:30 pm (yes it gets dark really late here, about 9:30) and headed for the beach.  It is only 5 minutes away and by the time we got there and drove out onto the sand the sky turned dark and the blue sky was gone!  Oh well, it is still fun to watch the waves and  the storm form.

Between the rains we have been busy around the RV park and Westport this week.  Paul finally got his fishing license and a crab net.  We went down to Float 20 where all the fishermen go and tried our luck at crab catching!  Paul would put his net in and after 10 minutes he would pull the net up and there would be anywhere between 6 and 10 crabs!  Yeah, we are going to have crab for dinner!  Wait, you have to measure them.  They have to be 6 inches long and male.  It was hysterical watching Paul try to pick them up,  turn them over to see what sex and then try to measure them.  We fished for about 1 hour and got 3 that we could bring home.  When you get them home you have to put them into boiling salt water and cook for 15 minutes.  Yep, you put them into boiling water alive and yes they try to escape.  This is all very interesting but wait there is more, you have to crack and clean them before you can enjoy the tasty meat!  From 3 crabs we got about 2 cups of great crab meat!

First Catch

Are they big enough? Boys?

Sitting on the docks is not all fun and games, in fact I thought I would just relax and soak up some sunshine.  Nope, you have to wave off the sea lions and sea gulls from your net.  We had one sea lion that wanted to take Duke for lunch.  He came up to the dock and was staring us down until Duke saw him and then the stare down was on.  Duke was barking and growling and then the Sea Lion was spitting at us and growling also.  Some people say that if your small dog is loose the sea lions will attack! Great, I guess I won’t relax for the rest of our day and neither did Duke!  Duke will be staying home next time.

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