Clam Digging

We took a trip out to Ocean Shores to go clam digging on the day a tsunami was predicted to hit. The 8.8 quake in Chili sent out a wave that was to affect all of the Pacific coastline. They had closed the beaches earlier in the day, but all the diehard clammers were not going to stay off the beach. Fortunately nothing happened and the water level was normal when we got to the beach.
It is an amazing sight with all the clammers on the beach, a huge crowd spread up and down the coast as far as you can see. In Washington you can only dig a handful of days a year and only during a really low tide. You are also limited to 15 clams per license per day which doesn't take long to get if you know what you are doing. People come from all over and flood the beach looking for razor clams.

This was early in the dig. The beach filled up pretty quickly after this.

Garrett made a special trip home from a job in Colorado. It was really nice to have him there with us. He thought it was fun to make the water squirt through the clams and make them "pee". Do men ever grow up?