{"id":14320,"date":"2013-03-18T20:43:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=14320"},"modified":"2013-03-18T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T01:09:11","slug":"a-boatload-of-awesome-shellers-to-cayo-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/a-boatload-of-awesome-shellers-to-cayo-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"A Boatload of Awesome Shellers to Cayo Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When you are about to get on a boat to go to a secluded island for a morning of shelling with a bunch of people who all LOVE SHELLING as much Shelling Sistahs Marilyn and Diane from Chicago…<\/p>\n

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And avid shellers Jessica (cute aqua backpack!) and Ben from Texas… It’s gonna be a good day!<\/p>\n

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As soon as I saw\u00a0Rhonda<\/strong><\/a> (next photo) I had to tell her how cute her necklace was. She told me she made it…. then gave it to me off her neck! OMG What? Thank you! But really, this is how sweet she is….She would have given it to the first person who had liked it that much…<\/p>\n

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You know how I know this? Because as we all were waiting to get on the boat, Rachael had commented on her necklace too and she gave Rachael this bracelet she made. She has a heart of gold!<\/p>\n

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Needless to say, our iLoveShelling cruise to Cayo Costa on Saturday was a success. It was a perfect day. Awesome people, clear skies, calm water, gorgeous weather, aqua water…. and shells!<\/p>\n

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As soon as we got off the boat on Cayo Costa, lots of people scattered to their favorite areas to look for shells. Some went straight to the water and some went straight to the shell piles on the beach.<\/p>\n

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Bill C. saw my photo above of the shellers above and said it reminded him of the painting “The Gleaners”. LOL It does! I just got a kick out of it so I had to share it with you too. I borrowed this image of Millet’s 1857 oil painting from Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a> to show the similarity…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Within the first 5 minutes on the beach, Michele found an awesome WORM SHELL with the tip intact.<\/div>\n

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I loooove to show people how to spot the BABY’S EARS and the mini shells while Clark shows the rest of the group he finds the OLIVES, CONCHS and the bigger shells. Here I am pointing out the treasures that hide in the beautiful fallen tree roots…<\/p>\n

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There were hundreds of live CLOUDY PERIWINKLES!<\/p>\n

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Sally from Sarasota was going for the minis…<\/p>\n

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She was ready with her tupperware container. She has a nice WORMIE and ANGEL WING too.<\/p>\n

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She also found beautiful\u00a0CANCELATE SEMELES<\/strong><\/a>. This is the only beach I ever see them…<\/p>\n

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Okay one more thing… she found the biggest stinkin\u00a0TUSK SHELL<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0I’ve \u00a0ever seen…<\/p>\n

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Look at all of these white shell bags filled with the bigger shells like OLIVES, SUNRAY VENUSES, WHELKS, CONCHS, WORM ROCK and CORAL!<\/p>\n

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These were all found by this adorable family that just moved to Sanibel… Berkely, Matt, Loulie and Landon.<\/p>\n

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These were their faves out of their shell bags…<\/p>\n

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I was thrilled at how many people wanted to share their favorite treasure with the group. So many of my faves too! BABY’S EARS<\/strong><\/a>, \u00a0WORMIES, SAND DOLLARS, OLIVES, VENUS SUNRAYS and ANGEL WINGS<\/p>\n

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Okay, I have to confess. I get overwhelmed when I meet so many awesome people that love this stuff as much as I do. I just want to drink it all in …so I forget to get names and I forget to take pictures of everything. I want to enjoy the moment so I want to apologize to these amazing folks that let me photograph your hands (in the photo above) but I didnt get all of your names. I know Rachael and Johnnie but if any of yall want to comment… I’d love to add your names. Awwww. I feel so badly … but look how cute they are!<\/p>\n

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

I almost just started calling everybody “Sue” and “Jim” (yall know who you are- heehee). Let me assure you, nobody was worried was I was calling them. \u00a0I do know that we all had a fabulous morning exploring the beautiful island of Cayo Costa finding treasures and making new shelling friends. \u00a0It is soooo much fun. Thanks to Captiva Cruises’ Captain Brian for the safe, smooth ride and Captain Yogi for the funny stories!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0If you want to join me,\u00a0Clark<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Oops! see? I didn’t even get a picture of Clark working his shelling backhoe!), and a boatload of other shellers just like you… join us!<\/p>\n

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