{"id":15052,"date":"2013-05-20T20:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T00:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2020-06-04T18:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:55:37","slug":"hanging-out-at-the-beach-with-the-shelling-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/hanging-out-at-the-beach-with-the-shelling-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Out At The Beach With The Shelling Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There’s nothing better than boating to a beautiful island to “hang” out on the beach with aqua waters and seashells surrounding the shores. You can even bring your own hammock to hang out in if you get tired of finding seashells. Ha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s why 48 of us gathered together on the dock of McCarthy’s Marina to catch the iLoveShelling Captiva Cruise to Cayo Costa yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before we boarded the boat, I got to hang out with Shelling Sistahs Duska and Natalia. I love bonding with the shelling family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then as we boarded the boat , the show began with MANATEES swimming around us…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And more bonding with Shelling Sistah Lisa! Lisa Feds (There are quite a few Lisas so I’m gonna call her Lisa Feds) has been commenting on my blog for over 2 years so I feel like we know each other so I had to take a long-arm-photo of both of us together. It’s so nice to put a face with a name, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a gorgeous 1\/2 hour boat ride, we landed on the island of Cayo Costa…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is so picturesque!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we got to shelling…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Super Sheller Clark<\/strong><\/a> was giving tips on how to shell in the water with his shelling “backhoe” when rumor spread quickly that he found something cool…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He pulled a live ALBINO FIGHTING CONCH out of the water…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First of all, it is rare to find an ALBINO FIGHTING CONCH so it was so cool to be able show the shell to so many people who had never seen one before. But then to be able to show one that is still alive is pretty cool because you realize that there is no mistaking that it is an albino and not just white because of being beach worn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see the only color that is on this shell is the PERIOSTRACUM which is the brownish skin on the bottom and top. After showing this gorgeous ALBINO to everyone, Clark walked this live mollusk out in the water to keep living a happy healthy but colorless life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was tickled to see Debbie from Fort Myers Beach again. She was on the first iLoveShelling cruise in January then came back for the April iLS cruise (when she found a huge 14 inch empty LIGHTNING WHELK<\/strong><\/a>) and she came back again on this one! I’m gonna miss you Debbie if you don’t show up on the next iLS cruise in June! Here she is with Capt Brian and her best finds…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She’s got the eye for the BABY’S EARS. It just goes to show you that every day is different on each beach. I can usually spot those BABY’S EARS every time I visit Cayo Costa but didn’t find one this trip… and look at the huge one she found along with the FALSE ANGLE<\/del> ANGEL WING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was the only TUSK SHELL that I saw but it was a big one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Super Sheller Clark struck again! This is why Karen<\/strong><\/a> gave him his “super sheller” name years ago… not only did he find an ALBINO shell, he found rare GOLDEN OLIVE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A GOLDEN OLIVE is a LETTERED OLIVE with a yellow (citrine) color… and this one is huuuuge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have to introduce my favorite sheller of the day. This is Kaylie from Minnesota and she found a whole bag full of seashell goodies to take home and treasure forever. Thank you so much Kaylie for joining us on this shelling adventure to Cayo Costa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a fun afternoon on the beach, the adventure continued on the boat as we shared our finds… literally. I saw Terenia, Denise and Laura (who came down from Tampa for the day) with some nice SAND DOLLARS and SUNRAY VENUSES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then they told me they didnt actually find them… “a guy out in the water was finding them and gave them all to us”. That is so nice! I had to find out who it was. It turned out to be Ken Figa. I have “met” Ken before online because he has a facebook page called Sea Shell Collecting<\/a> <\/strong>so we have a lot in common. He said he didn’t find anything unusual so he didn’t need to bring any more SUNRAY VENUS or SAND DOLLARS home with him so he gave them all away. See? That’s why I call this a shelling family. It’s such an amazingly nice community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warren from Utah found some treasures to fill his shelling tote to take back to his wife Tami who couldnt make it on the cruise with us since she injured her knee a few days ago. So sorry we missed you Tami! I hope I get to meet you when you are better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the boat ride to Cayo Costa, Greg had mentioned that he wanted to find a CONE. He was a man with a mission because he did find one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are Pam, Sarah and Greg’s fave finds and a little BEACH BLING too. Greg’s cone doesnt seem to look too good in this photo but in real life, I swear it looked so much better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelling sistahs Lynn (she’s got on an iLoveShelling cap!) and Kelly found some favorite things too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lynn was very happy to have found her first SEA BEAN and when I talked with Kelly, she was just thrilled with everything she found but mostly that Lynn fought her fear of boats by going on this shelling cruise. If I heard Kelly correctly, I think this was Lynn’s very first boat ride. I am so proud of you Lynn and I am so honored that you chose this cruise to be your first with such a gorgeous day with perfectly calm waters. Now that you’ve taken your maiden voyage, I hope it wont be your last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After we got back to McCarthy’s Marina where Captiva Cruises<\/strong><\/a>‘ docks, we had our own little Shell and Tell<\/strong><\/a> where some of us did some more hanging out and showing our favorite shells or BLING. Andrea had some fun finds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She showed a SAND DOLLAR, SUNRAY VENUS, a double FALSE ANGEL WING and she said she ha found the other shells before (CERITHS and FIGHTING CONCHS) but she thought that the SLIPPER SHELL was different because it wasn’t smooth on top. She found a SPINY SLIPPER SHELL. I need to do a whole post on SLIPPER SHELLS because as some may be common, there are 6 different SLIPPERS in SW FLorida. I’m glad she pointed out that this one was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa Fed found WORMIES! And she wanted to add the CRAB CLAWS to add a little BLING to her faves too. Love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are Debbies faves along with that big ole BABY’S EAR I showed you at the beginning of the post. Funny thing is, I have seen those little round pine-cone-ish looking balls on the left side of the next photo but I have no idea what they are from. She added those and the SEA PEARL for her BLING but we’d love to know what they are. Anybody? UPDATE: Thank you all for helping me identify this pine cone bling! They are “CONES’ from the AUSTRALIAN PINE TREES<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you as well Eric Milbrandt of Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation<\/strong><\/a> for giving me the link to “Genus Casuarina<\/strong><\/a>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay and one more….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to take one more photo of Clark’s GOLDEN OLIVE today so you could see it a little better… well, and because I just wanted to look at it again and hold the dang thing :) Wow! It’s a beauty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can join in on the fun and you can hang out with a boatload of other shellers on the next iLoveShelling Cruise to Cayo Costa June 19, 2013 (Wednesday). This cruise was sold out (weehoo!) so don’t miss the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a serious note… As Clark and I and the whole shelling family are thinking of those in Oklahoma and Texas effected by the violent storms and terrible tornados.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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