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Wow!  There are bazillions of PEN SHELLS and EGG CASES on the beach  at GULFSIDE CITY PARK

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There are HORSE CONCH EGG CASES, LIGHTNING WHELK EGG CHAINS, PEAR WHELK CHAINS, PAPER FIG EGG CASINGS and SKATE EGG CASES.

pen shells whelk egg chain

There was lots of other types of BLING on the beach as well. It was a crazy site! Here is a MILLIPEDE STARFISH…

millipede starfish sanibel gscp

I met a group of 6 gals on a Girls Getaway Trip that were fascinated by all of the BEACH BLING that had washed up. Some of them had never been shelling on Sanibel before so I told them that this is not an every day site to see so many PEN SHELLS and EGG CASES.  From left to right, meet Laurel, Lea, Carol, Jenifer, Lori and Suzanne… all from Philadelphia…

sanibel girls getaway
sanibel girls getaway

And yes, they were finding shells! Along with lots of other shells, Lea found a BANDED TULIP, a TRUE TULIP and the shell from a PURSE CRAB.

When we see this many PEN SHELLS washed up on the beach, that usually means there will be good shelling in days to come as well. Yeah!

That should mean some good shelling on Saturday for all of us on the iLoveShelling trip to Cayo Costa on Captiva Cruises. Yippee! And guess what, we now have some more dates for the summer. CLICK HERE for 2013 schedule with the new dates …

June 19 afternoon
July 17 afternoon
August 15 afternoon
September 12 afternoon
October 8 morning
BOOK it Danno!
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