Day 10 - Long Beach, Washington to Port Ludlow, Washington

Up early for a travel day and after saying goodbye to son and wife we left for a three day stay with friends in Port Ludlow. Stopped in Long Beach for a breakfast sandwich and then headed to Aberdeen for Starbucks and gas. Hour and a half is a long way to drive for our morning Starbucks fix, but it was the only game in town.

Three-and-a-half-hour drive today, so we were in no rush. Took mostly back roads, so there wasn’t much in the way of traffic and it was nice to drive among tall trees rather than cactus.

Arrived at Steve and Sally’s home a little after noon. Beautiful home they finished building when we were here last year. Great views out onto the Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet. Submarines, cruise ships and eagles are all part of the view.

Although I’ve been eating Dungeness crab a good part of my life, I’ve never gone crabbing. That ended today. Steve took me out with two friends, one had the boat, to pull crab pots. I was told that since I hadn’t done this before, I would pull pots and clean crab. Did both. Pots sit on the bottom with some sort of bait. Pulling up a pot is just pulling on a line until the pot appears. Sometimes that can be a lot of line. Crabs have claws. Pretty powerful claws, which means one must be very careful when handling them. After cleaning it was into a pot of boiling water for 8 minutes and later into one of Sally's shrimp and crab cocktails.

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Dessert was the World’s Best brownie. Dark fudge, triple chocolate with a hint of espresso. Add ice cream and it’s a perfect way to end a meal and the day.

Tomorrow will be another day in Port Ludlow.

1990.0 miles so far