There are many things to do at Pender Harbor but one of the main draws is boating/ fishing/ prawning/ etc. Apparently April and October are the best months to go prawning and since our visit was in April we hit the boat and went cruising. Dad had numerous prawn traps out in the Pacific and Sunday afternoon the family went with him to check the traps and haul in our ocean-treasures.
The weather was not ideal-- it was rainy and the wind kicked up (even a little wind makes the water quite choppy!). Yet, Dad persevered the elements and pulled up about 60 prawns (that night we got to feast on his efforts). Nothing beats fresh prawns!
They're quite big as you can see. This gargantuous fellow took up my dad's whole hand!
Dedicated prawners pull up their traps 2 times in the day-- once at 7:30 am and again at 4:30. This is the afternoon haul--
Friendships happen in the strangest places. Out of this batch Rafi made a friend. He picked up a prawn and starting playing with it, bopping around on the boat seats, making play conversation with his newfound buddy. It was truly cute. But if you were to name a prawn, what would you name it? Something burly and manly I'm sure. But Rafi, well, he beats to his own drummer-- his prawn was named Gabby.In his 2 minute soul-connection with Gabby, Rafi grew emotionally-attached. But like all caught prawns, Gabby's life needed to end. Here is Rafi explaining not only his special relationship with Gabs but also the death and funeral preparations...
Melodramatic, n'est pas? Ha!
6 comments:
I think Gabbey tasted better than all of the other prawns. It must be that personal touch...
This is typical what happens when one goes out and wants peace and quiet. Just see how quickly 'Gabby" gabbed itself into a piece... let that be a warning...
Hey Anna I love your title "Once a prawn a time", great video Dan!
Hey Mr. T, Gabby's fate made a deep impression on us, if we promise to be quiet, we would love to taste of your
bounty!
I must humbly admit, Gabby was pretty quiet. It was Rafi's screams of despair when He first learned that gabby was beside itself, that was noisy. Rafi was in shock and disbelief that his 30 second pet was seperated. It kinda lost its head there for a bit, the two became seperable, after that it was off the gang plank. and plunk, it lost it head altogether, slowly drifting and twirling into the depths, in half circles of life. The other half was quite a tail for me to tell but let me start by saying.. (it went into another circle) Dans mouth...and well I guess gabby's kinda flushed now...
i demand to see stumpy footage!
Anna - I love your family!
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