Blueshell Crabbing Adventure at the Drawbridge! :) amazing time! :) Shooting Star/Meteor Shower! :)

BLUESHELL CRABBING ADVENTURE!!! :) THIS WAS AMAZING!!! :) oh my! :) Greetings, from Preston, Connecticut! :) the DRAWBRIDGE, blueshell crabbing under the stars and moon light! :) WOW!!! :) my dad, brother Bobby, and i enjoyed a wild, fun, and sweet blueshell crabbing adventure last night! :) blueshell crabbing at night time, is called "firelighting" :) We were out until after 10:30pm!!! :) we crabbed for nearly 3 hours!!! :) We got lots and lots of BLUESHELL CRABS! :) we saw an incredible moon rise, stars, and A SHOOTING STAR!!! :) oh my!!! i said, "HOLY MOLY!!" it was so amazing to see! :) absolutely mesmerizing! :) we were out by the Thames River! :) We walked the Railroad tracks, down near Bouey 17! :) my dad, brother, and i had so much fun! :) i got LOTS!!! of super cool pictures to share. :) we were at the Drawbridge, when my brother Bobby use too go crabbing when he was a teenager, with his friends. :) There's a long drawbridge there, you can walk across it, the crabs were swimming in! :) we scooped up over a dozen blueshell crabs! :) oh my! one of the crabs slipped out of my net! hehe! my net had a hole in it! oh my! this was WILD!!! :) when that sky got dark, and those STARS shined, i was looking for the perseid meteor shower, my dad and i think we saw 2 meteors, plus, that shooting star was cruising!!! cruising!!! across that sky! absolutely amazing experience! :) it was the 2nd time in my life, where i have seen a shooting star! :) We could see the Pequot bridge, off into the distance. :) we saw boats, lots of amazing sights all around! :) we walked along the rocks of the Thames River! :) we were in blueshell crabbing heaven! :)i have lots of neat pictures to share! :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled to share with everyone, about our adventure! :) we'll definitely go blueshell crabbing again very soon! :) This was awesome and pure classic, summer time fun! :)
Bluesbell crabbing, under the stars and moonlight! :) yesterday evening, and last night, my dad, brother Bobby, and i went blueshell crabbing! :) it's one of our favorite traditions over the years. :) For as long as i can remember, we've gone blueshell crabbing. :) i was thinking of you all last night, and i am so very extremely pumped up, and excited to share with you all, about the adventure we had! :) We were the last people to come home last night, from that blueshell crabbing spot. :) we were all over the place, down by the Thames River. :) The classic Drawbridge, one of the very first crabbing spots we've ever been too! :) this was awesome fun! :) in my journal today, i'm gonna be including lots of cool pictures. :) i am still on cloud shooting star heaven!!! about what i saw last night :) i saw, this shooting star, shooting across the sky over by the horizen where these mountain of trees were, and i was absolutely stunned, amazed, mesmerized! :) it added to the whole experience, of the blueshell crabbing adventure! :) We wish you all could come over, to enjoy some blueshell crabs! :) we were scooping and scooping up the crabs last night! :) wow! this was awesome!!! :) We love blueshell crabbing! :)
This was one of the funnest adventures of this summer season! :) Blueshell Crabbing! :) my family and i love blueshell crabs. : )it's blueshell crabbing season, from May 1st, through November 30th. :) we have lots of areas in our state, where blueshell crabs are plentiful. :) last summer, we went to Barn Island, in Stonington, and last night, we were in Preston, Connecticut, right down the road from us, about 15 minutes. :) This area, is where my brother grew up, blueshell crabbing, and going fishing. :) my brother Bobby, is the fisherman of our family. :) he goes fishing lots, he is very skilled with blueshell crabbing, and is so happy, when we join him for an adventure. :) the drawbridge, is where my brother, and his friends use too go blueshell crabbing, when they were teenagers. :) my brother use too ride his bike there, and i remember when he'd come home, with blueshell crabs, and i remember my mom being very happy. :) blueshell crabbing season, is one of the awesome things about being down by the water. :)
OUR BLUESHELL CRABBING ADVENTURE! :) lots of great excitement building up, as we were gearing up to go blueshell crabbing last night. :) When you go blueshell crabbing at night time, they call it, "Firelighting" :) it'swhen you use a light, flashlight, to flash the light on the water to spot the crabs, and then you can scoop up the crabs. :) blueshell crabs got their name, because there's blue color on the crabs colors. :) my dad got our crabbing nets, and our flashlights all set. :) i wore my carpenter jeans, had on my lightweight jacket, and wearing my Redskins hat! :) my brother Bobby arrived to pick us up, around 7pm. :) he brought his truck. :) my mom was waving to us, as we began to make our way over to Preston, Ct. :) we cruised across the pequot bridge, we see the Thames River, the Norwich State hospital site is over there, plus, Mohegan Sun Casino! :) we took a right, to go to Stoddard's park. :) it's Preston. :) We arrived there, and noticed lots of people were crabbing in that cove area, where there's an inlet. We were ready to make our way to the Drawbridge. :) we got all of our nets, buckets, flashlights, and began to walk through a path, that lead up to the Railroad tracks. :) This was awesome! :)We saw the MOON rising up into the sky, and i knew the meteor shower was expected to be seen all weekend. :) i knew the sky was gonna be lit up with magical excitement. :)
my dad, brother, and i began to walk the railroad tracks. :) We saw some people crabbing, they said hi to us, and we said hi to them, and said, "Catchin anything?" :) we continued to make our way to the drawbridge. :) i hadn't been to the drawbridge, in about 8 years! we saw the pequot bridge way off into the distance. :) we arrived at the Drawbridge, we were the only people there! wow! we began to look around, it was beginning to get darker, and that moon was rising more! the crescent moon! :) it was so neat, and was glowing! :) we began to get our flashlights on, and were seeing some crabs! :) i missed a few crabs to begin with, but eventually my dad, brother, and i began to catch some blueshell crabs. :) The tide was low, but was coming in more, we began to see more crabs, they were swimming in with the tide. :) We saw, a huge bird flying around, i think a crane bird. :) We also heard geese! :) my dad walked way over by this inlet area, he walked all around it! :) wow! my brother brought his fishing pole, he casted it out, and had a crab on the line! oh my!
my brother said, CHRIS! CHRIS! run! come on RUN!!! hehe! i was down the tracks by the rocks area, i began to run, i thought he had a fish, i jumped down by the roads near the bridge, and it was a HUGE BLUESHELL CRAB on the line! oh my! i said, "WHOA!!!" i scooped up the crab! :) sweet!!! :) then, i saw another crab! this got WILD!!! i scooped up a crab, it had to be at least 6 inches, point to point. :) blueshell crabs, must be, at least 5 inches, to keep, from point to point. :) we brought a tape measurer to measure the crabs :) this crab, was huge, in my net, then, plump! crab right into the water! AHHH!!!! it was my net! the crab got through a hole in my net!!! hehe! oh my! this was wild! my dad caught back up with us, we were looking around, using our flashlights. :) We were seeing lots of blueshell crabs. :)
It was around, 9:30pm, and i was looking off into the distance, and i saw, A FLASH OF LIGHT ACROSS THE SKY!!! i said, "HOLY MOLY WHAT WAS THAT!!!" my dad and brother looked, it was a SHOOTING STAR!!! OMG!!! :) it was unbelievable!!! :) i wanted to see it again! hehe! :) i was looking, i didn't see anymore, but, my dad and i believe we saw 2 meteors, from that weekend meter shower! :) so cool! :) We were enjoying such a super fun time! :) the moon light was shining upon the water, the beautiful Thames River, plus, we saw, many stars :) there's rocks all around the waterside, and we were climbing on the roads, all 3 of us, my dad, brother, and i, we all had our falls, slips, oh my! but, we were ok. :) those rocks sure get slippery! wow! it was getting closer to about 10pm, we began to get ready to make our way back. :) We had a half bucket full of blueshell crabs! :) just before we left the drawbridge, we saw some more blueshell crabs, my brother scooped up a couple more. :) We were walking the train tracks back to the main inlet over in Stoddard Park, looking at the water, and also saw, more crabs. :) We noticed, that the people there, had packed up, and were heading on out, and we were checking out the inlet, the water was flowing really fast, so we went over to the calmer water areas, looked around, and then got ready to make our way back home. :)
We put our nets, and bucket into the back of my brother's truck, and we then began to make our way home. :) my brother stopped by the dunkin donuts on the way home, and he and my dad got a hot coffee. :) my brother drove us home :) We got home after 10:30pm :) We were crabbing for a good 3 hours last night. :) we thanked my brother for going with us. :) my dad cooked the blueshell crabs. we love blueshell crab, the crab meat is delicious! the claws are my favorite. :) my mom loves to make crab meat salad, sandwiches. :) mmm mmm! :) Delicious! :) we wish you all could have went blueshell crabbing with us! :) it's really fun :) i am so very happy, and excited about sharing our adventure with everyone here in my journal today :) We love blueshell crabbing, and it'll always be a super fun summer time tradition for us. :) some of the pictures i took, shows the drawbridge area, Thames River, plus, the moon, and blueshell crabs, plus i took some pictures of the crabbing, as we shined the light upon the water. :)
We'll definitely go blueshell crabbing again soon. :)Each time we go, we have so much fun, and always lots of great memories made. :) my dad mentioned about maybe going crabbing in Groton, Connecticut soon, and we also also get some oysters, and clams there. :) We went there last July, during the day time, and could go firelighting there. :) it'll be another super fun adventure! :) we love traveling down by the water. :) it's lots of fun, and exciting. :) Drawbridge, Groton, Barn Island, Long Cove in Gales Ferry, CT, Stoddard's Park, in Preston, down in Oakdale, over by the UBS lumber place across from the subway, are our favorite places to go blueshell crabbing. :) each place, is very unique. :) The drawbridge we went too, is very long bridge, about 3 minute walk across it. :) i'm still very fascinated also, by that shooting star i saw last night. :) Wow! it left me breathe less! :) i was so pumped up when i saw that. :) Blueshell Crabbing, it's very popular here in Connecticut, and we're so happy, and thankful to get the opportunity, to go crabbing each summer season. :) it'll always be, a cool part of our lives. :) summer time blueshell crabbing adventure, at the DrawBridge, Preston, Connecticut :) Summer 2013! :) We love it!!! :)
SHARING ABOUT ADVENTURE :) today, is a nice relaxing, and peaceful day. :) my dad, and i have been sharing with my mom, Lisa, Alysa, Kayla, and Taylynn, all about our blueshell crabbing adventure :) They were so excited to hear about the adventure :) Kayla said, You saw a shooting star! :) Awww! :) i said, "yes, it was awesome!" :) i also saw a cute little toad by the drawbridge rocks area :) we love sharing about our adventure. :) i think my mom is gonna make some nice crab salad, we can have some sandwiches :) We love crab meat, it's nice seafood. :) my dad and i have both been taking it easy today, after the big adventure last night. :) on the way home last night, after 10:30pm, my brother Bobby said, "wanna go fishing now!" hehe! :) he was ready to go again! :) he loves to fish, and blueshell crab :) i remember in the 1990's, my brother use too take us fishing with him, at Bouey 17 in Preston, and i remember he would stay up a little bonfire, and we'd watch him fish, this was in the early to mid 1990's :) very cool! :) my dad, brother, and i may go crabbing and clamming in Groton, and Barn Island soon, and there's a chance we may go during the daytime sometime, so that everyone can come with us. :) i think Kayla and Taylynn would have so much fun, going blueshell crabbing. :)
We're enjoying a really nice relaxing, and peaceful day :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) i've been enjoying some quality time with my family, and some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) i put some episodes of the universe on this afternoon. :) i also enjoyed some nature walks, and watered our plants :) our plants are doing well. :) We have a new pink flower blossoming on one of our plants in a planter on the raspberry truellis :) i'm gonna take some new pictures of our plants, garden, and nature soon :) We're gonna go to mcdonalds tomorrow, for sweet treats tuesday :) tonight, i'm gonna write a letter, some cards, and gonna watch some tv. :) There's so much more to look forward too :) This is a wonderful time of the year :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us. :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of our hearts. :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) BIG GROUP HUG :) We hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful day :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, last night, dad, Bobby, and i went blueshell crabbing. :) it was awesome, i saw a shooting star, lots of stars, the moon. :) peaceful nature down by the water. :) today, i'm reflecting about the awesome adventure :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi. :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good day" :) awww! :) We love you all lots and lots, our dear friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a nice day :)
BLUESHELL CRABBING ADVENTURE! :) Greetings, and welcome, to Preston, Connecticut, Drawbridge! :)Blueshell Crabbing under the stars and moonlight by the Thames River! :) my dad, brother Bobby, and i had so much fun last night, going blueshell crabbing :) We were crabbing for about 3 hours, at the drawbridge. :) We walked the train tracks all the way to the drawbridge. :)the tide was coming in, and scooped up some blueshell crabs :) We love blueshell crabbing. :) it's lots of fun! :) we saw amazing sights! :) a crane bird, we heard geese, we stars, beautiful moonrise, and also saw a shooting star! :) i was thinking of you all, and took lots of cool pictures to share with everyone :) We love this summer time tradition, going blueshell crabbing, and are so happy and thrilled to get a chance to share with you all. :) We look forward to going blueshell crabbing again very soon :) Lots of great memories made to always treasure :) Summer 2013 :)


OUR CATCH! :) BLUESHELL CRABS! :) my dad, brother Bobby, and i scooped up about 15 blueshell crabs last night :) we love blueshell crabs :) We love going crabbing down by the water. :) it's a super fun tradition, and festivity :) The blueshell crabbing season starts May 1st, and ends on November 30th :)

Drawbridge :) this is the classic drawbridge, in Preston, Connecticut :) my brother use too go fishing here a lot when he was a teenager, and also goes blueshell crabbing here. :) The bridge is long, it takes a good 3 minutes to walk from one side to the other. :) We were going on the outer sides on each side of the bridge, as blueshell crabs were swimming through :)
In this picture, you can see my brother Bobby walking to the other side of the Drawbridge :)


Rocks :) This is a picture of some of the rocks, down by the edge of the Thames River :) we were climbing along the rocks, the rocks can be very slippery! wow! whoa! my dad, brother, and i had plenty of falls last night, but are thankfully ok. :) each time i slipped, i caught myself with my flashlight :)
The Train Tracks :) my dad, brother, and i walked the train tracks to the drawbridge. :)
Firelighting :) This is a picture of the flashlight shining upon the water, and the crabbing net :) When people blueshell crab at night time, they call it, "FireLighting" :) You can flash the light upon the water, and spot the blueshell crabs :) Blueshell crabs have blue colored claw shells :)

Pequot Bridge :) We drove across the bridge, twice last night :)
This is a picture i took of the Thames River, while we were driving across the pequot bridge :)

Bouey 30 marker :) these markers, have red, and green lights, along the Thames River. :) They are for Boaters, to know, which side of the water they are supposed to be on :)
we saw some boats! :)
in this picture, you can see the Mohegan Sun casino hotel off into the distance :)
This is a view of the Drawbridge, on our way there. :) This is where we went blueshell crabbing last night :)
This is a picture of the sign, by the Stoddard's park. :) the sign shows a blueshell crab, and has information about the rules of blueshell crabbing :) blueshell crabs must be at least 5 inches from point to point on the crab shell :)
The moon was beautiful last night :) a crescent moon, shining upon the Thames River :)it was wonderful to see :) i took the following pictures of the moon :) as the moon was over by the horizen, it looked orange, kinda like the harvest moon :)




In this next picture, it was really dark, but this is the area of the sky, where i saw the shooting star! :) it was incredible!!! :) i was so excited, when i saw the shooting star! :) i made a wish too! :)
Heart-Shaped Rock, by the Drawbridge :)i saw this huge rock, that kinda looks like it's shaped like a heart! : )very cool! :)


More views of the area :)







SHOOTING STAR OR PERSEID METEOR SHOWER :) i looked on google.com to see if i could find a picture like the sight i saw last night :) this looks just like it :) amazing! :)