Beach Day

We had a wonderful day at Sewall Beach this past Wednesday, hiking in over the mammoth Morse Mountain (we're talking a couple hundred feet of elevation!) and on to the glorious seclusion of the open ocean. We ate lunch early and commenced with the sand surf and sustenence.


Is that a hula in the sand with sandwich in hand?



After getting filthy we frolicked in the surf, and Evelyn and Daddy shared a fun game dodging the waves.


While we were playing in the surf, Daddy found a buoy floating by. He tried to haul it out so the rope wouldn't get tangled around and swimmers, and as he pulled and pulled and pulled, he brought in FIVE lobster traps. They were full of crabs and lobster. We coiled up the rope and stacked the traps on the beach so the lobsterman who lost the traps might get them back. We let all the crabs go and the small lobters, but the big ones, the big ones went into a gym bag with seaweed and water and became dinner.

Daddy said yum.


Evvie and Mama said, "No thanks."



Here's the haul. We set about five little lobsters free, brought about five big ones home, and set about thirty crabs free. The lobsters swam into the surf and out to sea, but I think the crabs became fare for the seagulls.

Evvie had a fun time helping with the traps and pointing at the crabs. It made for a truly unique day at the beach.