{"id":20457,"date":"2014-08-15T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20457"},"modified":"2018-11-10T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T00:40:36","slug":"snorkeling-for-sea-urchins-on-cayo-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/15\/snorkeling-for-sea-urchins-on-cayo-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Snorkeling For Sea Urchins On Cayo Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Look at all of the stunning purple SEA URCHINS shellers were finding on Cayo Costa yesterday on our iLoveShelling cruises<\/strong><\/a> to Cayo costa with Captiva Cruises<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong>I’ve never seen so many people finding these fragile treasures\u00a0like I did yesterday. Wow! Amy and her daughter Rachel (IL) started snorkeling in the calm clear water as soon as they go to the island then hit a honey hole to fill up their shelling bag with these beauties.<\/p>\n

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

Lynda and her Aunt Rhonda were having the same luck while snorkeling. These SEA URCHINS\u00a0are so cool!<\/p>\n

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

The SEA URCHINS were such a treasure but then I was really amazed when I saw Rhonda pull up this huge double ANGEL WING. Yes! Both sides were still together! Shellzam!<\/p>\n

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

Lauren, John, Valerie and Jessica from Maryland found lots of beautiful empty FIGHTING CONCHS as soon as we got off the boat.<\/p>\n

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

They are such a shelling family, I don’t think they were going to miss a thing… They found all of these SEA URCHINS too.<\/p>\n

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

Holly (OH) and her mom Karen (FL) not only looked like rock stars in their cutie petutie cover-ups on (heehee)…<\/p>\n

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

They found oodles of double SUNRAY VENUS clams, COCKLES and found a SEA URCHIN too.<\/p>\n

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

Lisa from Atlanta joined us again on another shelling cruise! I met her on last years cruise when she found an Arrowhead Sand Dollar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

This year she found lots of different shells… and showed me her picture perfect display of her fave treasures. Love it!<\/p>\n

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

Judy B was on the cruise too! \u00a0I can’t tell you how fun it is for me to see people I feel like I know from conversations on my blog.\u00a0She is always so helpful with comments in my posts and has such a happy attitude all the time. It warms my heart.<\/p>\n

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

She was excited to find a SPECKLED TELLIN (they are fairly uncommon to find on Sanibel and Captiva), EGG COCKLE and ALTERNATE TELLIN.<\/p>\n

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

So this is how amazing this world is… Judy is the person who gave me my SAND DOLLAR charm from Sealife By Congress<\/strong><\/a> that I wear on my DOSINIA shell. She gave this to me last year on an iLoveShelling cruise- I’m not sure why she gave it to me but I loved it, still love it and am grateful she thought of me.<\/p>\n

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

When we met last year we both had the same silver Queen Conch shell from Sealife By Congress (that she wore yesterday) so maybe she knew I had lost mine (in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba<\/strong><\/a>– since queen conchs aren’t a local shell maybe it wanted to go back to the Caribbean- heehee).<\/p>\n

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

So this is kinda one of those “Pay it Forward” stories.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to this year…. Yep! These are the same charms that you will receive on every featured\u00a0iLoveShelling cruise\u00a0in the form of\u00a0a $25 gift certificate from Sealife By Congress<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>. You can choose your fave shell!<\/p>\n

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

Isn’t that awesome? So Judy received one of these certificates yesterday on the cruise to get another charm or pendant for the one she gave me. And everybody else got one too! Yay! Thank you Sealife By Congress<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"$25<\/a><\/p>\n

So not only did we have a blast shelling on one of the most beautiful islands in the world…<\/p>\n

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

We all found different shells…\"Andy<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

We found fabulous BEACH BLING like this COQUINA LIMESTONE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

We made wishes on the shell tree for more perfect days like this.<\/p>\n

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

We saw lots of healthy creatures…\"live<\/a><\/p>\n

…living their lives in such a beautiful habitat.
\n\"Live<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

As we watched DOLPHINS and MANATEES playing around us…<\/p>\n

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

In calm clear water\"McCarthys<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you get to join us for one of these special events with Captiva Cruises…<\/p>\n

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

Check out our new upcoming dates and call 239-472-5300 to reserve your spot.<\/p>\n

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

And check out all of the iLoveShelling Shelling Adventures…<\/p>\n

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

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