Don't go to the beach on 4th of July weekend!

Hilton Head Island had a wee bit of traffic yesterday (read: 3 hours drive to the beach instead of 25 minutes). So we scrapped our island plans and went crabbing. Some friends of ours have a wonderful dock where we spent the entire afternoon lounging on the huge porch swing, catching blue crabs and small black tip sharks and generally being out in the breeze. The dock has full child proofing (since it's owned by the grandparents of the triplets) and even a sand box so Molly could be left to roam and play with the swimming noodles as she pleased. We ended the day with 7 large crabs and about the same number of sharks. The sharks and smaller crabs got thrown back.

So, this morning I have a sun burned neck and a dead crab sitting next to the computer keyboard while Andrew sings songs about it. Apparently he wasn't very clear on the whole "going home to eat them" thing and so, after cooking, he has been given a crab for a bit to play with. Watching the crab go Night Night in the fridge was an experience.

Here's what the traffic looks like right now (updated every 5 secs)
(view is looking across the bridge to the island)