Crabbing

Last Saturday Bill & Christie invited us out on the boat to do a little crabbing.  Danny had lots of work to do and decided to stay home with Tyge, so Weston and I took on the adventure by ourselves.  Except for a really short boat ride last summer, this was Weston's first time out.  Good thing we had veterans Jeremiah and Hannah with us!

We went to Waldport, where the crabs are usually nice and big.  Weston thought "downstairs" was pretty cool, and hung out here for the first part of our trip.  

It took some convincing, but after a while Weston sat up on the front of the boat with me.....what he started calling "upstairs".  

 

 Making faces....

 Hannah helping to pull up one of the the crab pots.

 Weston and Jay helping inspect the catch.

 Weston helping Bill pull up a crab pot.

 Jay and Christie.

 Inspecting a throw back before it went back in the water.

At the end of the day we finally got Weston to touch a crab, but just barely....with the tip of his finger for less than a second.  He did help me throw back some, pushing my hand as I held it over the water.  Overall he did great for his first trip, and we hope there will be many more to come!