{"id":16625,"date":"2013-09-15T23:08:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T03:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=16625"},"modified":"2018-10-06T22:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T02:15:40","slug":"blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sky Boating to Beachcomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"boating sw florida captiva blue sky\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379267090&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;boating sw florida captiva blue sky&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"boating sw florida captiva blue sky\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;boating sw florida captiva blue sky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;boating sw florida captiva blue sky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16626 aligncenter\" title=\"boating sw florida captiva blue sky\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"boating sw florida captiva blue sky\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/boating-sw-florida-captiva-blue-sky.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went for a boat ride around North Captiva on Saturday. \u00a0It&#8217;s been months since we&#8217;ve been on our boat so he was bound and determined to get out and about on the water. Of course we had to stop at plenty of beaches to look for shells.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sw florida island beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/sw-florida-island-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379267090&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;sw florida island beach&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sw florida island beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;sw florida island beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;sw florida island beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16630 aligncenter\" title=\"sw florida island beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sw florida island beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sw-florida-island-beach.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found a few! Of course I was thaaa-rilled to find this beautiful wormie and a couple of perfect medium sized SAND DOLLARS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379237867&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16628 aligncenter\" title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But. My favorite find of the weekend was this lemon yellow ROUGH SCALLOP. Yummy find!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"lemon yellow rough scallop seashell\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379267091&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;lemon yellow rough scallop seashell&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lemon yellow rough scallop seashell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;lemon yellow rough scallop seashell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;lemon yellow rough scallop seashell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16627 aligncenter\" title=\"lemon yellow rough scallop seashell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"lemon yellow rough scallop seashell\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/lemon-yellow-rough-scallop-seashell.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent a good part of the day watching the wildlife and fell in love with several ROSEATE SPOONBILL birds feasting on tiny fish or crabs in the low tide pools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/img_0159\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379286203&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16634 aligncenter\" title=\"roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"roseate spoonbill at low tide west florida\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0159.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found a few more shells but these are our faves. I know, I know&#8230; Yes, those are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/time-for-beach-slippers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEPRESSED SLIPPER SHELLS<\/strong><\/a> in our faves pile but we saw so many, I feel like they were speaking to me. And when I bent down to pick up a SAND DOLLAR or WORM SHELL or that cute little DUSKY CONE, I couldn&#8217;t help but pick up a pretty JINGLE or two as well. JINGLES make me happy- I dont know why- they just do. It was such a wonderful day to be out on the water and out with my honey. He makes me happy too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/blue-sky-boating-to-beachcomb\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379264740&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16629 aligncenter\" title=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sand dollars seashells florida gulf coast\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sand-dollars-seashells-florida-gulf-coast.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went for a boat ride around North Captiva on Saturday. \u00a0It&#8217;s been months since we&#8217;ve been on our boat so he was bound and determined to get out and about on the water. Of course we had to stop at plenty of beaches to look for shells. We found a few! Of course I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1761,453,50,461,358,47,2045,2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depressed-slipper-shell","category-dusky-cone","category-north-captiva","category-roseate-spoonbill","category-rough-scallop","category-sand-dollar","category-scallop","category-worm-shell","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-4k9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27952,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16625\/revisions\/27952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}