我不要赚钱，要把这片海滩像这样原貌一直保持下去。这样我每年都还能举办一次蛤蚌野餐会

Bruce 是我以前的同事。他每年要在自己的距西雅图60英里的自己私人沙滩上举行一次蛤蚌野餐会。

Bruce is my former colleague. He hosts clambake party every year at his private beach. The location is about 60 miles driving from Seattle.

这片沙滩是他父亲遗传给他和一个弟弟和妹妹的。野餐会从他父亲几十年前开始一直到现在。

 

His father started this tradition dozens of years ago. He keeps it alive up to this year.

我参加这个野餐会几次。有时带朋友去。每次都有不少人。

 

I have attended the party several times. Occasionally I brought my friends with me. There are many people at the party.

 

大家都带上各种食品。

 

Many tasty foods brought by the attendees!

 

还有各种饮料。。。大量的酒类。。。他们好像有时还来点刺激的像大麻之类的东西。

 

Various drinkings including many spirited ones.

 

大家有小船的也带到这里来。我们两个孩子在划船。

 

People brought kayaks. Kids love playing it on the water!

 

有几个爱唱歌。今年我比较喜欢的一首是加州旅馆。。。很多其它歌曲我不很懂.

 

Some love singing. Particularly, they would sing until very late at night. This year the Hotel California  was my favorite...some others were not familiar to me.

 

准备野味！

 

Preparing the clams.

 

这样的每年有五大桶。。。你爱吃多少有多少.

 

There are five big buckets of clams for the party each time. Every one can get as much as he/she wants.

 

作者在享受蛤蚌

 

I was enjoying the clams.

美酒加蛤蚌。

 

Drinking beer with the clams is the best.

美味让美人开心。

 

Ladies were all smiling with the delicious foods.

落日余辉.

 

Sunset on the cove.

落日余辉.

 

Another picture of sunset.

篝火烤糖.

 

Marshmallow on the bonfire.

搭上帐篷过夜。

 

Camping overnight.

早上大家有丰富的早餐。

 

Breakfast was also very enjoyable.

然后在沙滩上挖蛤蚌准备带回家。

 

One can dig the clams on the beach for taking home.

这一箱蛤蚌还要费点儿功夫.

 

These were by my family.

写到这里，你可能认为BRUCE也肯定是一位富翁吧？毕竟这是西雅图，世界首富，二富都在这儿。可实际上，BRUCE 和我一样仅有一份普通的软件工程师的工作。我曾和BRUCE聊天说，你要是把这儿开发旅游，说不定能赚不少钱。他说他就要让这片沙滩一直想这样原貌一直保留下去。这样他还能每年都举行这样的海味野餐会。

You might wonder that Bruce must be rich...here is Seattle, home to the richest people in the world such as Bill Gate and Jeff Bezos. In fact, he is just a software engineer like me. I ever said to him that if he developed the place, he might get quite bit of earning. However, he said he just wanted to keep the beach as it is. This is good to the environment and he can have the clambake party ever year as in the past many years.

再一览这难忘的沙滩。等待着明年的聚会。

 

Unforgettable beach like Eden. Look forward to the next year's party.

 

所有跟帖： 

• 很美的地方，刚从鱼村sekiu回来。 -OrangeBread- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2017 postreply 21:58:35

• very nice, north of seattle? -每天砍树- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2017 postreply 22:01:08

• South, not far from Big Harbor -el98012- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2017 postreply 22:12:30

• 赞！今天有朋友来，他爸给他留下的湖边地产据说有几个mile -julie116- ♀ (116 bytes) () 08/08/2017 postreply 22:17:01

• 赞赞赞，太幸福了 -Dayi- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2017 postreply 22:20:30

• 棒！-：） -有言- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 00:02:26

• 热爱生活的人们 -夏荷仲梦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 02:53:22

• 很有情趣的日子。 -午后阳光亮- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 03:53:21

• 美国人和中国人观念好像不同，中国人有第二套房子，大多会出租获得利益 -田园式生活- ♀ (120 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 05:05:30

• 还是口袋紧。 -午后阳光亮- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 06:06:03

• 口袋紧能够拥有2房，3房......欲望…有那种不断升级的欲望。 -田园式生活- ♀ (113 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 07:33:56

• 白人这种情怀让人尊敬。 -人生不止眼前的苟且- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 05:21:20

• 咱没有有钱的老爹啊。。。:(. -农村出来的博士后- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 05:59:17

• 像这样有点情怀，有点执着，为后代着想的人真是不多了！反过来看本地华人买个大房子分租给十几个人住，被市里抓的新闻只能一声叹息 -RollyPoly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 06:06:06

• 赞赞赞 !!! -oldoak- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 06:09:55

• 羡慕海滩羡慕心态 -Hanjia- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 06:32:56

• 读者自作多情.沙滩主人和作者沽名钓誉.用一次性的塑料餐具.谈什么环保?我长途旅行都自带餐具,在家门口的还做不到? -newberry- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 08:50:01

• 首先，我接受批评。 但实际操作可能有些困难 -el98012- ♂ (767 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 11:54:20

• 祝友谊长青哈 -bluey- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 08:58:39

• 赞。老美经常比咱有理想。那歌曲是否Hotel California？ -chase1993- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 13:11:29

• 挑个刺 -我不是你- ♀ (75 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 13:53:15

• 文章很好。但有人上升到老美不爱钱，高度太高。有海滩不一定有能力开发。卖给开发商拿了钱就没有自己的海滩了。 -绝对运动- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 14:08:05

• 好可怕的食品，风景一般，比我家门口差十万八千里。 -风行线线- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 15:28:53

• 英文需要修改的地方太多。比如，“Many tasty foods by attendees." 应该是，a lot of foo -笑薇.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 16:26:12

• 作者英文水平在初中三年级水平，现在正在学习造句，鉴定完毕。 -munchenxx- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 19:54:27

• 真惭愧。。。咱还在大学里代课。。。洋学生大约不敢抱怨，怕咱让他们不及格 ：-） -el98012- ♂ (219 bytes) () 08/09/2017 postreply 22:30:47

• 不是随便一个沙滩都有商业开发价值的，而且还要看这地是在什么zone，是不是可以商业开发。 -清纯河边草- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/10/2017 postreply 09:27:24

• Drinking beer with clams?:) ---》Cold beer goes well with clams? -julie116- ♀ (94 bytes) () 08/13/2017 postreply 19:00:34