Minus Tide and Razor Clams

 

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well".

Friday we visited the home base.  We took down the gazebo, put away furniture and secured the cabin for the winter.  That was just one more item we could check off our list of things we needed to take care of.

	Down comes the gazebo	Gone – chairs & gazebo

Clam digging opened up at the coast this weekend.  The tide wasn’t a huge minus tide but it was a minus tide and the first open weekend for digging this fall.  Thus, three of us headed down that way.  It was a gorgeous day.  The sun was out, the temperature in the low 70’s and the razor clams were just waiting to jump in our bucket.  Well, maybe that’s not quite the truth but I like to think they were.  After all, it only took all three of us less than 15 minutes to get our limits. 

Down, down and down  at the Astoria-Megler bridge from Oregon back into Washington

The clams weren’t for us.  We were on a mission to get the clams and have them available for Justin when he’s here on leave soon.  He had put in his order for the foods he liked and razor clams were on that list … along with many other seafood items.






Driving on the beach to find the perfect spot.

Lee and Bri	Lee and me
Clams, clams and more clams .. all for Justin	Not everyone drove easily through the sand.  Some got stuck.

Clam diggers at sunset

Then, there was this awesome picture as we rounded the bend.  It’s low tide at sunset.

When I was cleaning off the SD disk in my camera I discovered other pictures I had taken recently but forgot about.  Here are a few.

Jordie playing soccer on her college soccer team.

At one of our September birthday party events.

Lee and Bri

Sandi and Tammi

Then, just as I was finishing up this blog ………………. I got the most amazing phone call from the other side of the world.  Guess who?  It was Justin with updated plans.  We talked and talked and then passed the phone around. It certainly is good talking to him.  This was the weekend that we had originally planned on celebrating his homecoming with him in Virginia.  Homecoming obviously got delayed.

That’s it for today.  We have plans.  First it’s lunch with family and then we’re meeting the Canadians, Toni and Doug.  We’ll be heading south with them in just a few days.

‘Tis life on the road.