Lobster Quest from East to West

Looking for a ride… the sign said.

Yesterday as we were on our daily fish run to North Rustico, deb spotted a sign on a lobster trap outside the fish store.

She seemed very intrigued, and finally motioned me over with a big smile on her face…. the wheels were a churning.

There was a fun rhyming note inside that spoke of a wish to get the trap out to Alberta, with a little help from passersby… hey’ that could be us!

So we hauled it into the back of the truck and brought her on down to Bayside RV Campground, in Oyster Bed Bridge. Cause what better way to get the lobster trap out west then in a park full of travelling RV’s?

Of course we showed the trap a little fun the Bayside way before sending her along on her travels. First a little supper at the trailer with the salmon we bought at Doiron’s:

Then full from our feast, we joined the usual suspects Best Boyfriend #1 ( BBF#1), Best Boyfriend #2 (BBF#2), shut up larry, and our neighbors scott and pam for adult swim…. with drinks by the pool and dancing queen blasting on the ipod. A great time was had by all.

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Sadly, we had to let the trap go along on it’s journey… so we added a little PEI souviner, (along with the plastic lobster and badminton birdie already in there)… a little bag of red sand, red rocks, a mussel shell and the lobster’s sign in sheet for an over night camping spot… on the house of course!

Happy Journeys lobster trap… here’s hoping you get to Okotoks, Alberta to Karen and Chis McCallum safe and sound, with a few other adventures along the way.

Here’a a picture Chris and Karen sent… see their comments on this post

Click here to go to the official Lobster Quest from East to West page….where we’ll tell the full story.

We added our name and this blog to the book inside, so if you are on the blog because you have become another leg of the lobster trap’s journey.. we’d love it if you signed the comments, send pictures etc telling us where the trap is now!

7 Comments Already

Chris and Karen Said,

July 31st, 2009 @5:02 am

Hi Deb and Kim!

How excited we were to hear that such enthusiastc and appreciative people had adopted our Lobster Trap for even a day! The pictures are great! We would like to share a picture or two of when we got it started, if possible.

The great times that the trap has had so far with you are a super start to an epic journey! We hope to gather news momentum throughout the adventure, and your blog is exactly what we need. Thanks so much!

To those of you who are willing to help with the fun and craziness, thanks as well. It will be (hopefully) captured in a story in some of the news media across the nation.

God love ya!

Chris and Karen

kim Said,

July 31st, 2009 @10:42 am

Hi Chris and Karen,

So happy you got our note and replied. For sure send pictures, it’d be great to build up the page and hopefully the momentum to get the trap across the country and some others a part of it’s story. What a great idea you had!

If you send the pictures to kim@airstreamdreaming.com i’ll be sure to put them on the blog.

kim

macofpei Said,

August 5th, 2009 @12:07 pm

I miss that Lobster Trap. (sniff-sniff, blows nose!) I hope it makes it to your home.
I look forward to reading this blog just to see who helped it along its way.
“Shut up” Larry

August 11th, 2009 @5:22 pm

It has been a week since the trap left Bayside RV– I wonder where it is?

August 12th, 2009 @1:40 pm

i know… where or where is our lobster trap??

Michael Said,

August 12th, 2009 @3:46 pm

I picked up the trap at Bayside RV Campground to accompany me back to Ontario. That was on August 2 2009. Having the very busy schedule that I have with work The trap made it to Ontario safe and sound.
I got very busy with work and travelled to Brockville, Montreal and to South Lancaster and finally to rest my head in Alexandria Ontario where I live.

I was packing my suitcase for a Buying trip to Toronto on Saturday morning …got everything done…..opened the back end ot the SUV to put my suitcase inside….and what do I see….THE LOBSTER TRAP!!!!!

I got so wrapped up in work I forget the trap was still in the SUV! Well now my quest was on…..I began on the 401 at hwy 34 in Ontario at 11:00 AM….continued along and stopped at the last Rest/Service centre on the 401 before Toronto…..at last I had a safe and busy place to drop it off for the next leg of its journey……

After completing the Buying trip on route home I passed by the service station and to my amazement the trap was gone! I hope that someone picked it up and it is traveling safely across Ontario getting ready for its final destination!

nwtrunning Said,

January 24th, 2010 @4:36 am

It’s been a long time since we’ve sent an email to you both. I’m glad to hear all is well. We have not heard from anyone regarding the lobster trap, or any updates whatsoever. We did get our story into the magazine ‘Our Canada’ though. What a great feature that was!

At one point, we received an email from readers in Chicago who had offered to look for the trap, but when I responded to them, there was no reply. We laid out our hopes and belief that the trap was in fact still around and waiting for a friendly delivery, but no luck.

So, we wait for the day that we will see our trap sitting on our front door step. Come on out west little trap, come on out west!

All the best,