iLoveShelling giveaway shells and stickers

We had a shellucky boat trip shelling adventure yesterday! On each iLoveShelling cruise, every person gets to choose a shell and a bumper sticker out of my very large bucket-o-shells (collected by either Clark or me) to get the day started with at least one shell in your pocket for good luck. It’s the Shellucky Shell… and it works! The forecast for our shelling adventure on Sight Sea-R Cruises out of Fort Myers Beach yesterday was stormy skies and rain so I thought we were going to get rained out… but then…

The rain stopped,

The skies turned blue,

The sun started shining

On our iLoveShelling cruise.

Sight Sea-R cruise boat Fort Myers Beach

Yay! Not only did we have clear skies… we found lots of shells!

Shells found on Big Hickory Island, Bonita Florida

And not only did we have a sunny day finding seashells… we got to hang out with other fabshellous shellers like Ralph, Sharlotte, Beryle, Mitchell and Susie from Texas.

ralph, sharlotte, beryle, mitchell, susie on iLoveShelling cruise

And the shellastic California girls! California girls visit Florida

Did I mention we had a great day finding shells?

Shells of Big Hickory island Bonita Florida

As I said, our day started a little iffy with the weather but then everything turned out shelltastic. Barry (from the east coast of Florida) had a pretty iffy morning even after the skies cleared up. When we got to the island he headed straight to the water, did a few stoops to pick up a few treasures then realized… his iPhone had fallen out of his top pocket. Ack! I saw he had a sick look on his face so he told me what happened… he couldn’t find his phone. My first thought was…. call in the troops! We’ve got a boat load of shellers who looooove to find “things”! So I shouted an announcement down the beach “Everybody look for a lost iPhone!”  I don’t normally shout on the beach but we were the only ones on this beach and I felt like I was with family already… so I figured, why not? Two minutes later, snorkelers Jen and Dwayne found Barry’s phone in the water and held it up like they had just found a JUNONIA. Weeehooo! I love hanging out with shellers- such kind people. Seriously.

Snorkelers Jen and Dwayne found Barry's iPhone

I took this photo of Dwayne snorkeling just moments before I talked to Barry. Its weird how things work… if either Barry or I had waited one more minute to tell other people to look for the phone, Dwayne wouldn’t have been in that exact spot where he found his biggest find of the day. Good eye, Dwayne, good eye!

snorkeling Bonita Beach Florida

What else did Dwayne and Jen find snorkeling? This is just a small sampling of all of their loot. They had two bags full of awesome stuff.

seashells and coral shelling on Big Hickory Island Florida

Guess who else was on the cruise… Conne from Shellabaloo 4. Not only was I happy to see her, I was so happy for her that she found an ALPHABET CONE. Such a cutie.

Conne found an alphabet cone!

Barry’s wife Alex found an ALPHABET CONE too. She didn’t let anything stop her from having a great time!

Alex with alphabet cone in Bonita Beach

Canadians Marilyn and Ted were having luck finding WORM SHELLS, ROSE PETAL TELLINS, SAND DOLLARS and a few SEA PEARLS too.

Canadians Marilyn Ted visit Bonita Florida

I think everybody came home with some lovely treasures.

shells collected on Big Hickory Island

Speaking of lovely treasures, everybody on this iLoveShelling cruise received one more lucky gift… a $25 gift certificate to Sealife By Congress jewelry store on Sanibel. On each iLoveShelling cruise through February, each sheller will receive one too- Wow!

SLBC iLSPromo

I thank you Sealife By Congress and these folks thank you too… like Jude and Chris from NY

jude chris NY boating in swfl

Karen from Maine…

karen with large coral piece

And Mariann and Bruce from Ohio…

Mariann Bruce Ohio on iLoveShelling shell cruise

We all shared a wonderful day with so many gifts….

Sanibel stoop sheller Big Hickory Island

Finding treasures by the sea.

Lightning whelk shell in the sand

Join us on one of our next iLoveShelling Sight Sea-R shelling cruises! Sight Sea-R Adventures– $50 for 4 hour shelling cruise with iLoveShelling cruise with Pam. Call 239-765-7272 or CLICK HERE . Dont forget, the Sight Sea-R has shelling cruises every Wednesday so even if you can’t make an iLoveShelling cruise, they have other fantabshellous shelling adventures too.

sight sea-r feb 2015

Or join us for more iLoveShelling beachcombing adventures- CLICK HERE for more information.

PS- We aren’t ready just yet…. But….. Be on the lookout for an exciting announcement for the next Shellabaloo! Yay!!!! Soooooon!

PSS- What is Shellabaloo? CLICK HERE to find out.

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