Clam digging? Well, I had only seen others doing it until this weekend. Dwayne had heard from someone on post that it was Razor Clam season. He inquired more and found out that it something we might want to try. We love clams so it sounded like a good fit for us. Razor clams are very expensive- probably why we never buy them in the stores. It's just one of those special meals we eat when we are by the ocean or out on a special date. We headed off to Walmart and bought our clam digging supplies, a clam shovel and buckets.
We drove about 2 hours to a beach that we had been wanting to check out and so off we went. We arrived at Long Beach just in time for the tides to begin heading out. It wasn't peak time though until about 4:45. So we played around on the sand and stood around watching people poke their poles at the ground. Stomp around and dig uselessly in the sand. I have to say there was something quite relaxing about the whole thing.
Once the tide started really pulling out it was fun to watch as everyone began walking out farther to see if we could find the clams. Mind you- this was our first time and when the tide goes out it usually comes back in at some point and then goes out farther the next time. We had watched as some got caught and socked to the bone.... We laughed and a few times ourselves had to run from getting caught in the tide.This picture is of Dwayne ringing out his socks because he got caught alot in the tide. We kept thinking surely it won't get deep... HA it does and faster than you realize! :)
The surf was amazing. I had forgotten of my love of the surf and the ocean. I mean I love the winter and it was hard to believe I had the best of both worlds. :) Here is Dwayne standing out in the water looking at the sand and trying hard to figure out where those DANG CLAMS were!
Here I am still dry but that is soon to change. :) We started getting impatient and noticed a few people with clams. So we headed into the surf and waited for the tide to go out and well, yes it came back in so fast... I found the lucky pot of clams.. I found one and then another and then another. I think I found 8 in one spot. Then Dwayne joined me. As we were looking down at the sand we failed to notice the tide was coming.. when the water started RUSHING in we realized we were in trouble and our clams were a couple of feet away. IN comes the water and down goes our clams... We lost them all... in total we had caught 11 and not only that we were soaked up to our butts... water in our boots and I should just mention that water was COLD! Fortunately we forged on and and stayed in the water and found our clams before they could escape. Thanks to Dwayne! :)
I mentioned earlier that we had a good time. It was fun to just stand on the sand and look out at the surf. We watched people and held hands and just enjoyed eachothers company. I love this stage of life and I might add love my beloved more and more with each passing year!
There were so many pictures to be taken. This one I found on the internet taken on the beach were we were at. I have a couple of good ones myself but couldn't down load them all. I had to use the ones Dwayne downloaded on FB. :)Well, our day ended at about 6:20 pm. After 5 hours of beach walking and running from the waves, digging for clams was a success. We actually had a great time and we plan to make Clam chowder today. I can't wait!
I'll post some pictures of our soup .... Hope you have a restful and peaceful Sunday!
