shellabaloo shell cayo costa

We had a shell of a good time every single minute this week during the SHELLABALOO starting at the Island Inn!! It was an unbelievable shellapalooza! The weather was gorgeous with the DOLPHINS coming out to greet us.

dolphins sanibel sea life

The shelling was terrific.

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The meals were outstanding.

joe patty jim sally traci

But most of all, my new fabulous friends were an absolute joy to be with and an amazing group to share our love for shelling together. Honestly, I haven’t come down from the high I felt while bonding with each and every one of these awesome shellers. So I have to introduce each one to you before we get to the rest of our shelladventure.

Of course you already met Joe and Patty from my last post (CLICK HERE to see) because of Joe’s macdaddy find of the LONG-SPINED STAR SHELL…

patty joe captiva cruises

Sally and Jim from Atlanta who I met 2 years ago in Captiva, joined us…

jim sally captiva cruises

Along with Traci and Rob from Virginia…

traci rob shell collecting

Maureen from California…

maureen collecting seashells

Mike and Carolyn from Richmond, VA…

mike carolyn captiva cruises

 Amy from California…

amy seashells captiva florida

Pat and Steve from Tennessee…

pat steve seashelling

JoAnn and Sid from Vermont…

joann sid shellers

Arabelle from New York…

Arabelle captiva cruises

Sara and Dan from Tampa, FL…

sara dan sanibel shell

And the Carolina gals Kathy, Helen, Karen and Jackie with their Carolina gentleman Bill…

carolina gals bill

See? An unbelievable group of folks enjoying every aspect of the world of shelling.

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which always involves sharing…

touching live whelk

sharing shells

And learning…

pam rambo identify shell

Now that you’ve met this awesome group of shellers, tomorrow I’ll show you some of the cool shells and BEACH BLING they found! Fun! Fun! Fun!!!

Oh but wait…. if you are in the Sanibel area, tomorrow’s negative low tide (-1.1) is in the morning around 7am. That is a really low tide! That means so much more of the beach will be exposed to make it easier to spot more shells. You’ll even get to see what live mollusks look like. Just make sure you leave any live shell where you found it. We want them to breed so they make more beautiful seashells so we can enjoy them forever!

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