{"id":18548,"date":"2014-03-05T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=18548"},"modified":"2014-03-06T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:08:12","slug":"utopia-beach-on-cayo-costa-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/utopia-beach-on-cayo-costa-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Utopia Beach on Cayo Costa Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If Utopia is an island of clear aqua blue water with strings of seashells lining the shore, then we found Utopia on Cayo Costa Island during our iLoveShelling cruise on Captiva Cruises<\/strong><\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

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

My day started out with such joy and fun meeting Shelling Sistahs Cheryl (Venice) and Alice (Ohio via Venice, FL). Love them!<\/p>\n

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Our morning had a slight chill in the air around 62 degrees then quickly warmed to 80 in no time at all by the time we got to the island to start our search for shells.<\/p>\n

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Cheryl found the first BABY’S EAR! It’s sort of hidden by the JINGLES on the right but she is a JINGLE SHELL lover like I am so she started picking up as many JINGLES as she could.<\/p>\n

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You might recognize Shelling Sistah Katherine Haskins since I met her last year at Lighthouse Beach and so much enjoy her comments here on the blog.<\/p>\n

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She found a gorgeous SPECKLED TELLIN and either a very big BUTTERCUP LUCINE or a very yellow CHALKY BUTTERCUP LUCINE (I should have inspected the hinge more closely o see if it was the def CHALKY but either way its a very beautiful BUTTERCUP), and lots of other sweet bivalves.<\/p>\n

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We also had the HOTS join our cruise! Yes, they are HOT chicks but they call themselves the HOTS because they say they move slow as a Heard Of Turtles. LOL Nannie, J.E., Becky and Ginny from Georgia have a great time every where they go. Thank y’all so much for joining us and making me laugh!<\/p>\n

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Karen had no problem walking as far as she could as she looked at this gorgeous calm aqua water to find a hand full of SAND DOLLARS and OLIVES.<\/p>\n

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Karen couldnt wait to sort through the loot they found when she and her husband Scott got back on the boat.<\/p>\n

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I was very impressed with the treasures Jan from Chicago was going for.<\/p>\n

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She loves the bivalves or any shells she hasn’t found before so she was thrilled to have found a WHITE CRESTED TELLIN along with CANCELLATE SEMELES, a PURPLE SEMELE, COMB BITTERSWEETS, an ALTERNATE TELLIN and a STRIATE PIDDOCK. The orange ROUGH SCALLOP wasn’t a new find for her but it was one of her fave finds, she had to have it in her hand. Love that! Y’all know how excited I get to find a new shell, so its always fun to experience someone else who gets excited about finding new shells…. even if it isn’t a JUNONIA. heeehee<\/p>\n

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As soon as she showed me her WHITE CRESTED TELLIN, I looked down to find one too. Its funny how that happens, right? If we are reminded to look for a shell and get that color and pattern in your brain, it’s a tad easier to find one. Okay brain… remember – white shell with brown spots.<\/p>\n

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

Every month when we have this iLS cruise, it’s such a pleasure to meet cool shellers like Lee and Renie from Houston…<\/p>\n

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

And it’s especially great to see shellers again from previous years like Louie and Dee from Illinois.<\/p>\n

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

Nancy from Indiana found a baby bear SUNRAY VENUS, mamma bear SUNRAY VENUS and papa bear SUNRAY VENUS…<\/p>\n

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

Linda was thrilled to find her first POINTED VENUS (on the right), FALSE ANGEL WINGS and COMB BITTERSWEETS.<\/p>\n

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

YAY! I was so excited that Annette and Jim from Shellabaloo 3<\/strong><\/a> joined us as well! It is so much fun to catch up with them after we spent so much time together on our Shelling Adventure<\/strong><\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

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

It was a gorgeous day on the water with a boat full of awesome shellers! Thank you all for making this an absolutely fabulous day!<\/p>\n

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

Join us on our next iLoveShelling cruise April 2! For more details CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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