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we woke up before dawn that morning.
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the bay was quiet, still, and cloaked in fog.
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we packed our canoes and took off from nick’s cove.
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the fog made it seem like a different world.
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the smallest guy we caught.
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(with one pincher too.)
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the largest guy we caught.
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we just had to get fresh oysters,
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and headed back.
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. . . . . . . .
Over the Christmas holiday back home, we went on a spontaneous trip to Tomales Bay with some friends to go crab fishing in canoes. I got so excited that I took WAY too many photos, and everything was on film cause that’s all I brought with me. But it was a wonderful time where I pretty much went in a canoe for the first time, took tons of photos, and over ate fresh crab & oysters, but boy, were they delicious!
There is just something about fishing and fishing communities that I love. Something real, honest, and raw about it. So much so that it’s beautiful because of that. Catching your meal instead of having to buy it from a freezer at the supermarket? That’s the human experience, right there.
That, and the experiences you share with people you love at the same time. <3
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