Saturday, April 9, 2011

Paul Bunyan, "Babe" and wee little Rick with Eugene!
Not sure what happened- looks like Popeye ran aground here in Trinidad, CA.

Our computer died and we had to take it to Arcata, CA for repair. On our way home we stopped in Trinidad, CA to eat. We saw this lighthouse and decided to take a picture. After posing for pictures we read the information attached to the door and found out this was a replica of the real lighthouse. A mere fraction of the real one.
We paid $9 for this crab at the port, took it home, cut my finger extracting the meat. Got about 4 ounces of meat. Most of you are trying to calculate the price per pound; that would be about $36 per pound!
Our crab did not go easy. He fought a good fight.
To the untrained eye this looks like your every day crab, but it is actually a rare white crab. So rare that it was featured in the local newspaper, given the name "Casper". And to the best of our knowledge still sits at the bottom of the crab tank at the port. I would hate to think that "Casper" was reduced to a crab cake!




These are boats in the port at Brookings. Some boats and the harbor itself were damaged by the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake.