{"id":11352,"date":"2012-07-08T22:49:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T02:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2020-01-21T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:41:30","slug":"snorkeling-sanibel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/08\/snorkeling-sanibel\/","title":{"rendered":"Snorkeling Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Gulf Of Mexico was crystal clear yesterday with only a slight breeze at Blind Pass so it was a perfect day to snorkel. Unfortunately, I only had time to stop and take this photo so I didn’t get to test the waters.<\/p>\n

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

Aha! … But I did have time today!<\/p>\n

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I met Lance, Krista, Amy and Mike (all from Ft Myers) shelling near the Captiva side of the pass…<\/p>\n

\"Lance,<\/a><\/p>\n

They were filling their pockets and shell bags with WHELKS, FIGHTING CONCHS, OLIVES and check out this beautiful ROUGH SCALLOP Krista found…<\/p>\n

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

Okay, I’ve shown you lots of different shelling contraptions but this one had me cracking up… big time! Kal made this “telescope backhoe” to reach those hard to get shells.\u00a0He was having a competition with his family on naming it. LOL<\/p>\n

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

It takes the whole family to show off this awesome tool.. Here’s\u00a0Emma, Kalman, Anna Lee, Kal, Lee and Caroline from South Carolina. Hey Kal, what’s the winning name?<\/p>\n

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

Super Sheller Clark<\/a><\/strong> better watch out because our friend Daron has been coming up with the best shell of the day lately.<\/p>\n

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

He found this really nice big ALPHABET CONE with beautiful lettering.<\/p>\n

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

I was so tickled with my two cones but Daron’s was bigger than both mine put together. I snorkeled all around Blind Pass today and while gave away most of my finds, these were my keepers. Oops! Other than that gorgeous LACE MUREX<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Did you see that sweet little ALPHABET CONE<\/a><\/strong> in the bottom of the last photo? I filmed that while I was snorkeling today. Here’s a video of some of the shells I collected… underwater! I bought a waterproof housing for my camera but I’ve been nervous to use it. Really, we’ve had some really strong currents lately so it’s not safe most days to snorkel at Blind Pass but today was an exceptionally calm day. So, I got out the waterproof case and I tested the waters (literally). It worked! Oh, and since it goes really fast, I slowed down the part where I find a WENTLETRAP. Yes! At Blind Pass, I found a monster WENTLTRAP! Enjoy the quick vid!<\/p>\n