Cangrejo!

We left for Whidbey on Wednesday so I could prepare and organize for the reception and so the Spanish could catch crab! We were lucky to have nice weather and we needed to enjoy that as much as possible since it would soon be ending. We all enjoyed the sunny ferry ride to the island and once we arrived to the cabin we headed straight for the boat to go out and check the crab pots.

Ferry ride to Whidbey Island

Arriving in Clinton

This was the first time Pepo, Mari Carmen and Natalia had been in the boat and caught crab. So Pablo and my dad helped teach Pepo how to pull up the crab pots, take out the crabs, (which he had no problem with and it was a little scary how fearless he was), rebait the pots and then drop them back in. I think we got around 7 crab first time out.

Ready to catch cangrejo!

After we gathered our catch and dropped the pots, we took a tour around the bay and headed over to baby island to check out the seals. The tide was high so most of the seals were up on the beach tanning themselves. I don't think I have ever seen that many at one time before so it was pretty cool. Dad drove the boat really close and we got some great pictures.

The Americans

Seals on Baby Island

Back at the cabin, the Spanish got the customary lesson on how to clean and cook the crab. They were all very good students and Mari Carmen just jumped right in and was a cleaning pro.

Cleaning the crab

Cooked crab