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		<title>Golden Day On Cayo Costa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cayo Costa Beachcombing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Golden Olive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olive]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We had a golden opportunity to watch a healthy, live GOLDEN OLIVE that Sara found in the water on our iLoveShelling adventure boating to Cayo Costa with Captiva Cruises on Friday. It&#8217;s always so thrilling to see a GOLDEN OLIVE (which is the not-so-common yellow color form of the LETTERED OLIVE) much less, be able [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Collecting Fossils, Seashells and Memories on Boca Grande</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gasparilla Island Beach Combing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sea Bean]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t be happier to have another Shelling Sister that just moved to Sanibel! I feel like I&#8217;ve found my long lost Soul Sister&#8230; Susan. Of course she wanted to get the whole shelling experience on the Out Islands of Sanibel&#8230;. so before I knew it, Brian took us on a shelling trip. We left the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bunches of Minis at Bunche Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiddler Crab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ladder Horn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marginella]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nassa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Fort Myers a mile or so before you get to the Sanibel causeway bridge, you&#8217;ll see a sign on your left for Bunche Beach. Clark and I were running a little early (very unusual) to meet some friends so we decided kill a few minutes and check out the beach. I think it&#8217;s only the second time [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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