Okay, so there was no weekend for me- I was working at Mount Monadnock for five days and sweating like a sumo wrestler in a sauna climbing up the side of a mountain with heavy rock bars and pick mattocks to dig in the dirt and move big rocks. Andy and the kids, on the other hand, did have some semblance of a weekend, though I'm sure for Andy it was not as relaxing as it would have been with a second parent around. They all drove down to Gloucester early Saturday morning to try oystering at low tide. I have never gathered oysters, so I have no clue, but apparently they are just lying there on the sand waiting to be picked up, shucked, and slurped. Fantastico! They gathered at least 2 dozen oysters and just as many mussels with Micah and Becky's guidance, which is apparently a very good haul. I can tell you they were much appreciated by Haley, Aiden and me. We all slurped quite a few over the next couple days. There is nothing like a salty seawater oyster with a squeeze of lemon sliding down your throat!
The Gloucester Deans also took the NH Deegans fishing, and the haul included a few flounder, skates and one pollock reeled in by Aiden. I'm not sure there were any photos, but we did get a bag of fish filets to cook up at home :)
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