Lobster Traps

After our wilderness island experience, we took a tour through the coastal waters.

First we rode the "Mandy Jean" to see the seals basking out on rocks.

Then, our Lobster man Patrick, took us to pull in some lobster traps!

We all (especially Liv) got front row seats. Patrick explained the process, some of the details, and we all got to watch him at work.

Liv even got to band all of their claws!

Beckham fell asleep about 2 seconds into our ride, and rode the rest of the way laying on the lobster table =0). Who knew it was so comfortable. Gwen spent her time singing songs into the ocean.

We even purchased the lobsters from Patrick and ate them last night for dinner. It doesn't get any fresher than that!

When we got back into town, we went to the local Methodist church to a "Cutlah Lobstah dinnah" Where we ate Lobster, fish chowder, blueberry cake, corn on the cob and home made bread to benefit Cutler's fourth of July celebration for next year.

The thing I took away from it all, is that I love Cutler, I love the people there. Kind, helpful, quaint people. The people in the town seemed more like family than neighbors, and they treated us more like neighbors than strangers. We had more than one offer for free use of strangers' bathrooms, and more than one offer for free lobsters to take home with us. We loved our time there and already have a special place in my heart for the sweet little down east town of Cutler.

As a side note, I found it humorous, that when one of our friends went up to get his meal, they had run out of corn on the cob, so they offered him another lobster as an exchange. I thought their sloggan should be: "Cutler. . .the only town where corn and lobster are equals."