{"id":20539,"date":"2014-08-28T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2018-10-26T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T19:12:03","slug":"welcome-to-a-paradise-shelling-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/welcome-to-a-paradise-shelling-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To A Paradise Shelling Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Welcome to paradise! Yes, we definitely had a paradise cruise yesterday as we boated from Salty Sam’s Marina on the Sight Sea-R boat<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/a>through Estero Bay to Big Hickory island for a very happy shelling party. We had a gorgeous day for our\u00a0iLoveShelling cruise<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

We had calm clear water perfect for Jerry to practice his snorkeling.
\n\"jerry<\/a><\/p>\n

Perfect for combing the beach.<\/p>\n

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

Perfect for sightseeing. We were so fortunate to see MANATEES, DOLPHINS and all kinds of birds … especially several bright pink ROSEATE SPOONBILLS.<\/p>\n

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

Perfect for finding shells- Look at all of these WORM SHELLS Nancy found!\"collection<\/a><\/p>\n

But the best part of our whole shelling trip was hanging out with so many fun shellers. Seriously, it was a blast! \u00a0Joe and Joanne from Las Vegas found ALPHABET CONES, ROSE PETAL TELLINS and other shells … but do you notice Joe’s shirt? Omigosh!<\/p>\n

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

Yes, you read it correctly. LOL It says… ” I Heart Pam Rambo (and Super Sheller Clark too)”. Joanne made tee shirts for this shelling cruise and shaped a scallop shell into a heart!!!! hahahaha And she also made one for me (which felt that much funnier with me wearing a tee shirt with my name on it). I am not kidding, I can’t stop laughing. I’m still in stitches! They are so stinkin fun, they even had a tee shirt made for Clark too. Do you think he’ll wear it? LOL
\n\"i<\/a><\/p>\n

But that’s not all… the whole day was so much fun.\u00a0Diane From Tucson was on the cruise too! She is just as cute as a BUTTON SHELL\u00a0and makes every moment feel very special when you are around her. Thank you Diane!<\/p>\n

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

Jerry and Livy (KY) found some shells (SHARKS EYE, ANGEL WINGS, SAND DOLLARS) to fill their bags but it was priceless to see Jerry snorkeling the whole time enjoying the water.<\/p>\n

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

Locals June and Colton were finding lots of WORM SHELLS, ROSE PETAL TELLINS and ANGEL WINGS for the first time.<\/p>\n

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

Colton was the OLIVE and SAND DOLLAR king!<\/p>\n

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

The first shell of the day for Cheryl from Puerto Rico was a beautiful LIGHTNING WHELK with a perfect heart shape cut into it. Love!<\/p>\n

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

Cheri and Mike from Saint Louis found oodles of different varieties of shells.\"Cheri<\/a><\/p>\n

These are just a few of their fave shells\u00a0including yellow, orange, white, gray, amber and black\u00a0JINGLE SHELLS, ROSE PETAL TELLINS and lots of wormies.<\/p>\n

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

Cathy (IL) and Sue (Sanibel local!) found some new shells for their collection….<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

… Like VARIABLE WORM SHELL, BROAD PAPER COCKLE, MOSSY ARK and a TURRID.<\/p>\n

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

Tom was teaching me a little more about all the birds we saw as we were on the boat but Nancy is the awesome sheller. She found all of those WORM SHELLS in the sixth photo.<\/p>\n

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

She also found so many other varieties of beautiful shells like several GAUDY NATICAS, NUTMEGS, SHARKS EYES, CONCHS, WHELKS, MUREXES and some gorgeous pieces of CORAL.<\/p>\n

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

Also with all that fun, Sealife By Congress<\/strong> <\/a>generously gave everybody\u00a0on the boat a $25 gift certificate for a seashell pendant. They love shellers and will continue the giveaway for iLoveShelling cruises through February- WOW! Thank you Sealife By Congress!<\/p>\n

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

But wait, that’s not it… After our exshellent\u00a0four hour\u00a0cruise pulled up to the dock, I realized I was famished. Since I didn’t have anything else scheduled for the day (very unusual), I asked\u00a0if anybody else happened to be staying for lunch at Parrot Key Caribbean Grill<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0right there at the marina. Yes! Joe, Joanne, Diane, Livy, Jerry and I got a table together and continued our shellebration with a shellicious lunch. It was truly a special day.<\/p>\n

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

I hope you get to join us for one of these spectacsheller adventures in the future. Check out the dates and reserve your spot now CLICK HERE<\/a>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to paradise! Yes, we definitely had a paradise cruise yesterday as we boated from Salty Sam’s Marina on the Sight Sea-R boat\u00a0through Estero Bay to Big Hickory island for a very happy shelling party. We had a gorgeous day for our\u00a0iLoveShelling cruise! We had calm clear water perfect for Jerry to practice his snorkeling. […]<\/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":[1897,1883,2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-hickory-island","category-shelling-guides-sw-florida-sanibel","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-5lh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539","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=20539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27816,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions\/27816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}