Crabbin

 Last year when Mike, the kids and myself stayed in Cherry Grove, SC (just a few miles north of Myrtle Beach), we found this great public park.  When visiting the park, there were several people crabbing at the inlet pier.  They had chicken necks on strings and would pull them in and scoop the crabs they caught up with a net.  We decided that our next visit would include a crabbing trip.  When we mentioned that we wanted to do this to my brother and his wife, Allison . . . she asked if she could tag along.  She mentioned that her Dad would take her when she was a kid and she would love to go again.  The more the merrier--and besides--Mike and I had NO IDEA what we were doing.

 After purchasing our chicken necks and a net, we had no success and were crabbing next to a group of guys who were catching them right and left.  We asked them what we were doing wrong and their years of experience led them to purchase chicken legs instead of chicken necks.  When they left, they gave us a pack of chicken legs that they were not going to use and . . . within 5 minutes we were catching them!!  It was awesome!!

 The kids were completely in awe of the live crabs and kept trying to count them.  They were a little afraid of them and would not get too close to them. 

 We reached a point, after catching about 3 or 4 back to back, where we would throw small ones away.  This is Mike's hand compared to an average size one we kept.  They were huge!

 We cooked 'em up along with some steamed shrimp we purchased.  All the kids tried them and Ryan even tried to crack them open.  Allison directed all of us in the proper way to eat them.  They were yummy!!!  This is a definite annual family fun trip!!