Oh joy!!! The joys of eating FRESH crab straight out of the ocean, thrown in the pot and devoured all within 3 hours! We went to a friend's house over on Orcas Island, which is part of the San Juan Islands, and helped bring up the crab pots. Well, Karl and Larry did. Vickie and I watched from the comfort of the porch. Going over there is a unique trip for sure. We had to leave Ferndale at 8:30am and drive to Anacortes to catch the ferry at 10am. It's a 90 minute trip with stops at two other islands and we arrived around 11:30am. Meeting our friends at a restaurant we enjoyed a great lunch then off to their cabin to enjoy a warm and relaxing day. Karl and Larry changed clothes and off they went to boat out to the traps. They only pulled up two traps, but they did end up catching 
18 nice crabs. There is nothing like fresh crab meat! We had a great dinner then changing clothes back on the bike at 6:15pm to drive the 30 minutes to catch the 7:00pm ferry back to Anacortes. We get there around 6:50 only to be informed that the ferry is running about 45 minutes late! It wasn't too bad waiting because one of the islands finest stopped and since he noticed that we were part of the Blue Knights talked with us for most of the time. Finally the ferry arrived one hour late and we were boarded, on our way to Anacortes. Unfortunately since it was late we didn't get back to the farm until 10pm. That made for a long day, but it was worth it when we were able to bring back 14 crabs for freezing. We will be eating crab well into the winter. Woo-hoo!!!
18 nice crabs. There is nothing like fresh crab meat! We had a great dinner then changing clothes back on the bike at 6:15pm to drive the 30 minutes to catch the 7:00pm ferry back to Anacortes. We get there around 6:50 only to be informed that the ferry is running about 45 minutes late! It wasn't too bad waiting because one of the islands finest stopped and since he noticed that we were part of the Blue Knights talked with us for most of the time. Finally the ferry arrived one hour late and we were boarded, on our way to Anacortes. Unfortunately since it was late we didn't get back to the farm until 10pm. That made for a long day, but it was worth it when we were able to bring back 14 crabs for freezing. We will be eating crab well into the winter. Woo-hoo!!!We are starting to wrap up the work at the farm and getting ready to leave for New Mexico on the 5th. It will take us about 2.5 days to drive and then we will be planted for the next two months. In November we will be moving the motorhome down to Phoenix so that we can be at Karl's son-in-law's graduation from the University of Phoenix and I can attend Christie's baby shower. After than we will leave the motorhome there and drive my car to California for the last two months of the year.
Karl's Aunt Myrne has decided to finally sell the farm (Thank you Lord) so we are slowly clearing out the house with things that she wants family members to have. To some people that sounds really odd, but if you think about it it is a great way for his aunt to give things to whom she wants while she's alive and no one can argue what belongs to them when she's gone. A great way to stop any fights that could erupt upon a person's death. The farm will probably go up for sale in November when Karl comes back for a few days. Hopefully it will sell quick, but not too quick, because there is still a whole lot of junk that has to be taken care of.
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