{"id":10191,"date":"2012-04-13T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T20:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=10191"},"modified":"2019-11-15T20:26:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T01:26:29","slug":"captiva-cruises-boat-to-cayo-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/captiva-cruises-boat-to-cayo-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Captiva Cruises Boat To Cayo Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cayo<\/a><\/p>\n

Another Spring Break adventure! On Wednesday, Lori, Hayley, Culter<\/a><\/strong> and I went to the secluded island of Cayo Costa to relax and enjoy another gorgeous day on the islands.\"captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

I had problems getting out our own boat \u00a0(Clark<\/a><\/strong> was busy at work so he couldn’t help) so we decided to take the easy route and hop\u00a0on the\u00a0shelling boat Play Time for the afternoon trip.<\/p>\n

\"play<\/a><\/p>\n

As soon as we got there, we immediately picked up an ALBINO YELLOW PRICKLY COCKLE. Cool!<\/p>\n

\"albino<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0I quickly found a handful of sweet faves.<\/p>\n

\"angel<\/a><\/p>\n

BABY’S EARS and FALSE ANGEL WINGS (they look like cute little juvie ANGEL WINGS)…<\/p>\n

\"babys<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Lots of beauteous\u00a0JINGLES…<\/p>\n

\"jingle<\/a><\/p>\n

A couple of CLOUDY PERIWINKLES…<\/p>\n

\"cloudy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"cloudy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0I also found a PURPLISH SEMELE (left) and a CANCELLATE SEMELE (right). I’m not sure why I don’t find more of these on Sanibel but I have better luck finding them on Cayo Costa, North Captiva and in Marco. hmmmm<\/p>\n

\"purplish<\/a><\/p>\n

I had thought at one time that this BRYOZOAN COLONY<\/a><\/strong> was a type of CORAL but as you can see side by side… it’s not a piece of CORAL like the branch on the right. I found both of these past the tree roots on the Gulf side of the beach. (click HERE<\/a><\/strong> for more info on Bryozoan Colony)<\/p>\n

\"bryozoa<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, this one might not be your taste but I thought this SOUTHERN RIBBED MUSSEL was just so pretty for some reason. One day, when I get a fancy camera to show you the nice details up close and personal, I promise…I’ll be able to capture more of the beauty in some of these obscure seashells.<\/p>\n

\"southern<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0After combing, sunning and\u00a0shelling\u00a0this gorgeous beach, Hayley, Cutler and Lori (VA) headed back to the boat with me after one more\u00a0climb on the BLACK MANGROVE tree roots.<\/p>\n

\"hayley<\/a><\/p>\n

On the boat ride back, I couldn’t help but see how excited Margie, Kristi and Mike (California) were about their seashell loot!<\/p>\n

\"margie<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0They found oodles of ATLANTIC GIANT COCKLES…<\/p>\n

\"shells<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Quite a few humongus SUNRAY VENUS CLAMS…<\/p>\n

\"sunray<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0And a really big LEOPARD CRAB shell.<\/p>\n

\"leopard<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0It was a perfect day on the water with calm aqua seas, warm temps in the 80s and DOLPHINS surrounding the boat.<\/p>\n

\"dolphin<\/a><\/p>\n

And to top if off, it was great being with good friends and having lots of seashell souvenirs to bring home to remember the day.<\/p>\n

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