More of our weekend at the beach.

The entire trip was centered around going clamming, luckily the dig was approved for the weekend we were there! Woo! The best time to look for clams is a couple of hours before evening low tide so to waste time we headed a half an hour from the beach to Aurora, OR and Fort George brewery.

The sun was out and it was almost warm so we sat on their patio and tried nearly all the beers they had to offer, sample style-my favorite. After having a sufficient amount of beer we headed back to the beach to get our clam on.

It was quite the adventure. We didn’t really know what we were looking for, this being our first time, but we did get a helpful hint along the way. We were told to look for doughnut like shapes in the sand and also dimples. You also had to walk all funny in order to get them to show in the sand. We went a long while without seeing a thing. Finally a doughnut was spotted and sure enough there was a clam in the sand! The way overexposed photo is proof we found clams on our hunt.

We weren’t wildly successful, finding only about a third of our limit, but we were satisfied after 2 hours out on the beach. The sun was setting and we were tired and cold. We headed back, cleaned the clams, fried them up, and enjoyed our meal knowing we worked hard for it.