Put trailer on truck, drove to Garibaldi. Parked trailer, plugged it into a bunch of stuff.

Tossed crab pots off a pier.

Spent five days doing fuckall except eating seafood and barbecuing, taking some hikes and checking out some beaches, and pulling crab pots a few times a day...and we spent about half our time just sitting in or around the trailer hanging out, depending on the weather.

Drank about five different varieties of the most local beer there, from Pelican Brewing. Meh, 5/10.

Unplugged trailer, put it back on truck, drove back home.

Back to work today.

Oregon crabbing observation #1: minimum size is 5 3/4", and very few cracked 6 inches...and 5 3/4" Dungeness have about half the meat on them that a 6 1/2" crab does.

Oregon crabbing observation #2: everyone on the pier used chicken parts, as did I, only I added in a fresh bluefin tuna collar every day. Of the 20 or so pots on the pier, our 3 harvested about 90% of the keeper Dungeness. Most got zero, some got a few, and we took home six or eight every day.

Oregon crabbing observation #3: caught and tossed back three invasive green crab. Didn't realize you are supposed to keep them, and not throw them back. They were about 4", so they're pretty little...and apparently that's full size for them. I hear they are actually tasty, just not supposed to there. I'll feed'em to the seagulls next time, or something. Looks like a lot of work to shell a little crab like that, for little payoff.

Checked out several RV parks, glad we chose the Old Mill in Garibaldi...definitely the nicest one in Tillamook Bay of the handful we drove by.

Had a transmission rebuild on my truck just before leaving...so much nicer for towing now.

Fish on...

Todd