Oyster Blog — News from Here

An elk herd makes its living in the Hama Hama valley, and when the elk graze in the salt meadows near the highway they cause quite a traffic ruckus. But they've never before been seen around the seafood complex. Eagle-eyed Jesse noticed these elk tracks in the parking lot the other morning. We promise that we're working on our photography skills, and will remember to include something in future photos to give the viewer a sense of scale. In the meantime you'll have to make do with tire tracks (top photos) and fir needles (bottom photo) to get an idea...

Giant white piles adjacent to the shucking plant aren't anything new... although normally they're made of oyster shell, not snow. The winter storm of 2008 is turning out to be the most persisent in living memory, which is why we've written 3 consecutive blog posts about it. But here's a change of pace: This giant mass of oysters came across the table the other day, and Roberto was so stricken with it he pulled it out of the shucking pile. He was planning on taking it home and baking the oysters open in the oven. A very unscientific survey of...

Adam and Nathan out on the barge this morning, as the sun peeked through the clouds during a snow flurry. The Hama Hama bridge at dawn.

For Christmas, we wish the following: 1. That it doesn't get so cold that the oysters and clams freeze to death out on the tideflats. 2. That it snows enough so that we can go cross-country skiing.