{"id":23867,"date":"2015-10-13T08:54:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T12:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/13\/bahama-mama\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:22:20","slug":"bahama-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/13\/bahama-mama\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahama Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23865\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:640px;height:auto\" title=\"queen conch in the surf abacos islands\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3976-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Bahama mama is basking in the beautiful Abacos&#8230; And we are too! 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