Sincerely, Denise

SNUG ANCHORAGE AT ANCHOR

Tuesday, July 14^th

Another beautiful morning! Wow, the weather has truly turned into summer….FINALLY! After our coffee infusion, John went out with me to check pots around 8AM – and the score is….CRAB – Zero, although we did catch some spider crab and a really pretty starfish, and PRAWNS – 100!! And nice ones! So happy to finally have some success, just when I was thinking the otters had eaten everything. We rebaited the Prawn traps and put them back down, and moved the Crab traps to a completely new location, but I don’t have much hope – it’s pretty rocky around here. I spent the rest of the morning cooking the Prawn haul and peeling them for our dinner tonight. Bill and Lorraine went and checked their pots later in the morning and caught a nice haul of large prawns and a rather large octopus which they let go, since it had eaten all the prawns that were in the trap. Greg and Connie went and checked their crab pots later in the morning, and they too were skunked on crab. The wind was once again whipping through our bay, and all of us are on one anchor….ours. With each gust swinging the flotilla around, the lines would squeak as they became taut and the anchor chain clanked as it came tight. As it was still warm even with the wind, I decided to take my kayak out for a paddle around the bay which was absolutely delightful. Next up - time to go check the second trap sets! CRAB – ZERO. PRAWNS – another 75-80? I didn’t count but I am quite pleased with the results. I was able to feed everyone chilled prawns and cocktail sauce for Happy Hour, and also stash away a nice haul for my freezer. Speaking of Happy Hour, another spontaneous happy hour on our back deck, basking in the evening sun once again – absolutely glorious, we are all Vitamin D deprived and drinking it up!