Today was a dirty adventure! We went clam digging in the low tide and got VERY muddy. At one point I got stuck in the mud and it was up to my knees. People had to come and dig me out because I literally could not move. I was so scared being stuck! We were clam digging as a volunteer project for the Alaska Fish and Game Department. They wanted to collect Razor Clams and analyze their shells to see how old the clams are. In return for our volunteer services, we got to keep all of the clams from the shells. In all we dug about 170 clams and we were digging for about 5 hours. After we were done digging the clams, we had to clean the mud off of them and then remove the clam from the shell. That was my job. Someone else stuck the clams in hot water until they opened up their shells, and then I took the clam and removed it from the shell. Can you guess what we ate for dinner tonight? I don't usually like clams, but after all the hard work we did today to get the clams I decided to try a few and they tasted good. 

Ready to go clam digging. We were given water waders, boots, a bucket, and a clam shovel

This is a good example of how muddy we got

This is me and my clam digging partner. We got really dirty.

This is after we were all done digging. I had scratched my nose because it was itchy and ended up with mud all over my face because I forgot my hands were so dirty.

Here I am cleaning the clams

After I cleaned the clams, I opened up the shells and removed the clams.