On her mother's side Nancy is a McClellen from McClellenville. How cool is that? Now I've heard of these relatives, after all Nancy and I have been friends for 18 years but haven't met them. Actually, Linda has met Uncle Billy before me, LOL. Once we got to town we drove around while Nancy gave us a tour and then went to Aunt Carol's and Uncle Dan's (her relatives are mine after all LOL) and from there we went to Uncle Billy's. Here is the tree in his backyard, the house Nancy's mom grew up in.
Some of the girls headed down to the docks to get some shrimp for dinner while some of us walked to the local store to browse then it was back to Aunt Carol's. Nancy, Su and Aunt Carol were off to go kayaking (with a little help from Mich). 
As you know I'm not a big water person. Mich and Linda hung out on the docks chatting with Uncle Dan while Barb, Brenda and I stayed in the house chatting with Daneille, ther daughter who was in town for the weekend. I was worried about bugs. Let me just say, there are a heck of a lot of mosquitos in South Carolina! Of course, once Danielle told me that she goes crabbing off of the docks using a weighted string with chicken tied around it I said screw the bugs, let's go crabbing and Barb and Brenda were all for it.Here is Uncle Dan with the crap trap that they have tied off of the dock. This is how I'm used to crabbing. My brothers love to go crabbing and I've been with them but all it consists of is throwing out traps and hanging out. Now I get to wait and FEEL for the crab. I was stoked!
I was the first to catch a crab, actually I caught the first two but then Barb started hauling them in. Brenda says she wasn't going to leave until she caught one, thank goodness she finally did and both her and Barb had twofers. Barb was the great white hunter with a catch of 5. We of course, counted the ones we had to throw back, LOL. How cool is it that you can go out in your backyard and get some crab when you are in the mood?When we came back there was a spread of spreads laid out for us. I do love me my dips! Speaking of which, we had the best shrimp dip from the dock there! We need to see if we can get Nancy's relatives to get the recipe or I may have to drive back just for that LOL. While we were chatting and snacking Aunt Carol was putting together our dinner. Look at some of the goodies that were going in.
Also in their version (I guess there are different versions depending on where you live) was 2 kinds of sausage, crab, corn and potatoes. 
I bet you can guess I was in heaven. What Barb you can't finish that crab, let me help, LOL. It lived up to my expectations. After that Barb made her pavlova and we feasted some more. It was such a wonderful day with wonderful people. I knew seeing my long lost relatives would be great and it was! I am looking forward to our family reunion next May, LOL.
3 Mannions Speak :
That tree is beautiful, I want one! Heh. Don't want to move there though...
Food sounds awesome, and looks divine, ok maybe I do want to move there LOL!
Glad you're all having so much fun, I really want to try crab fishing!
That was probably my favorite day. The food was better than Paula Deen's and Nancy's family are wonderful.
I think that dip was the best I've ever had. It's worth another drive up and maybe we can go crabbing again. That was fun.
I'll remember to bring Deet next time. LOL!
I hope the swelling from your mosquito bites have gone down. They sure like you & Su. Next time I know to stand next to one of you so they ignore me. Kind of like bait. Hehehe
The food looks amazing and I am so stoked you've had pav luv! How groovy is that!!! I made a chocolate one a while ago, a nigella lawson recipe and it did not come out nearly as nice as that one looks below. Yum!!!
The place looks so picturesque! You're so lucky to have such a wonderful *extended* family. Very cool chick!
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