October 17th, Day 1, Third blog entry

That tiny figure carrying the bucket is Kirk, off to get more oysters while the tide is out. The white looking area is a bunch of old oyster shells. The darker area just beyond are the oysters waiting to be harvested. We were totally astonished that the oysters were just laying there on the beach. The only effort required was carrying them back up in the bucket. I don't really know why there are oysters on that beach, unless maybe there was an effort made to farm them in that canal. The beach we are on now, about 3 hours north does NOT have oysters.

I included the picture below to show the beach again with the tide out. When the tide comes in, the water reaches all the way up to that small dock so there is no gathering oysters or clams at that time.

This gives you a better idea of the beach and the size of the rocks. They are smooth so it's not hard to walk on them. Of course you would want shoes of some kind at any time. In the distance you can see the other side, mostly fogged in, but the yellow leaves are trying to peek out.

Kirk is shucking an oyster right on the beach. You can't get any fresher than that. The abundance of the oysters was so overwhelming, especially when you think of the cost of oysters in a restaurant. We saw one price of $10.95 for a half dozen of oysters on the half shell.

Deidra got the first fresh oyster. NO, she is not trying to spit it out. I think somebody said something to get her tickled. She loved the fresh oysters, as we all did.

To find the butter clams you had to either dig in the rocks and sand or turn over a really big rock to uncover them.