I will be going up north this week to go camping and abalone diving with my hubby. My family gets together for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's a big potluck food fest (we average about 60 people) and we bring abalone when we can get it. Hubby also makes his family's favorite "squash rolls". We like to camp during the off season now that we don't have kids at home. I've been told it's going to rain one of the days we are there, so I'm happy to be taking up Miss Pinkie - our vintage travel trailer. The ocean will be rough, so there won't be a lot of divers in the water either. We've been abalone diving for over 30 years now (boy does that make us sound old!) so the divers know the spots that are more protected from the breaking waves.
Hubby went abalone diving yesterday. His dive buddy's son took these photos. You have to free dive (no tanks) for the abs and most of the time the guys are diving 30 -40 feet. It's a shame that a few poachers (guys who take abs illegally and with tanks) can wipe out an area. All the sport fishermen we know follow the rules since we would like our grandchildren to enjoy ab diving in the years to come.
I will be going up north this week to go camping and abalone diving with my hubby. My family gets together for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's a big potluck food fest (we average about 60 people) and we bring abalone when we can get it. Hubby also makes his family's favorite "squash rolls". We like to camp during the off season now that we don't have kids at home. I've been told it's going to rain one of the days we are there, so I'm happy to be taking up Miss Pinkie - our vintage travel trailer. The ocean will be rough, so there won't be a lot of divers in the water either. We've been abalone diving for over 30 years now (boy does that make us sound old!) so the divers know the spots that are more protected from the breaking waves.
