Trung and Lydia got some kind of stomach bug Friday before my in-laws arrived, but everyone seemed well enough to go to Houston to go crabbing the next morning; Sing & Maggie and Henry, Susanna, & Ethan joined us. We arrived at my parents' house around noon and had a nice big lunch. Then we rested a bit before heading out to Galveston Island and then to Port Bolivar via ferry. Almost everyone was able to catch a crab, though they didn't really come out until sunset. Overall, we caught 17 crabs (and lost or threw back a few more) and were able to have a nice dinner with them.
Lydia was all dressed for the occasion, but ended up staying with Sophie at Jimmy and Cora's house where it was nice and safe (and no big boulders).
Trung (in the sideview mirror) patiently waiting 45 minutes for the ferry.
Finally on the ferry!
Sisters-in-law
Susanna and Ethan feeding the seagulls at the back of the ferry
Sing and Trung feeding each other
Our march on the boulders to our crabbing spots
A sponge crab, a female extruding its fertilized eggs into a cohesive mass, that Maggie caught and soon threw back in to disperse and multiply. Trung later caught another one, but we kept it to see what would happen to the mass when cooked...it was spongy and not edible.
Our collection of crabs
Trung caught a whooping 6 crabs!
I caught my first crab with help from my Mom and then two others with Trung by my side.
The next morning we got to see Mike who was coincidentally home for a wedding. We sure do miss him!
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