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Captiva Clean Beach
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Paradise on Captiva Island
I watched a huge storm come across the Gulf today on Captiva Island. The water was bright aqua with the contrast of an indigo sky until the storm was right on top of us. Then everything darkened, the rain pounded and the power flickered. I love the rain but the problem is that this weather is taking the sand and shells off the beach. The beach is clean as a whistle.
Captiva Island beach path
The storm approaching
The storm is brewing ... notice the clean beach
Empty beach with mean storm
I wish I had better shelling news for you but as you can see… I got nothin’ on Captiva. Thank goodness for the COQUINAS on Sanibel.
Captiva Clean sweep
I have a good feeling that things are getting stirred up out in the Gulf of Mexico. It looks like Tropical Storm Tomas is the culprit this time for taking away our shells. Just wait for those west winds ….. we’ll get the big time again.
Blind Pass clean beach
Bonnie’s Beach Bite
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Blind Pass after tropical storm Bonnie
Grrrrrr. Bonnie took a big bite out of the beach at Blind Pass. We knew this could be a possibility with her east winds but…. come on! She barely gave us enough rain to water my yard. Oh well, the sand will fill back in and the shells will be back in no time. This is how I see it….. The churning gulf water dislodged my junonia and it’s rolling on the gulf floor right now towards our islands and will wash up on the beach at my feet next week.
Bonnie's bite of Blind Pass
More Blind Pass erosion by Bonnie
Sanibel Blind Pass with churned water
I didn’t have luck any where else o the beaches either. Anybody else?
What Will Bonnie Bring?
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West Gulf Drive Access #7
Sometimes after a storm, the high tide will bring in the shells. This morning’s high tide didn’t show much promise (as you can see) after Tropical storm Bonnie went through Florida yesterday. She went north of us with east winds ( we hardly got any rain or wind) so right now it looks like she took all of the shells with her…and some of the beach sand too. Tomorrow we have a full moon (yeah!) so I’ll give you another shelling update on the morning high tide and the evening low tide. Here are some more pictures of the beaches we checked out in Sanibel.
West Gulf Drive Beach access #1
Looks like potential shells but not much really but old shells and lots of foam.
Island Inn Beach
We even went in front of Island Inn beachfront resort but still didn’t have much luck finding shells on the beach. We did see some fabulous shell displays inside the Inn. I could do a whole post on this historical property and the shell displays but here’s a tease and hopefully I’ll get to take more pictures when I’m not on a scavenger hunt for Bonnie’s beach treasures.
Island Inn shell display
Sanibel lighthouse beach causeway view
Sanibel pier lighthouse view
We didn’t find anything here either. The gulf waters are still churning out there so who knows what the week will bring. I’m still thinking positive thoughts.
