{"id":25586,"date":"2016-09-02T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=25586"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T17:44:56","slug":"seashell-treasures-brought-to-the-islands-by-hermine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/seashell-treasures-brought-to-the-islands-by-hermine\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashell Treasures Brought to the Islands By Hermine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On your WHELK. Get CERITH. \u00a0GO Shelling!<\/p>\n

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For the past 3 days, Southwest Florida has been peppered with high winds, rough and choppy seas in Gulf Of Mexico, rain showers and extreme tides. Thank goodness we didn’t get a direct hit from Tropical Depression #9 (now named Hurricane Hermine) on Wednesday, so it was safe to go scouring the island to\u00a0find\u00a0a huge shell pile that formed in the morning on the west end of Sanibel at Blind Pass that brought a few awesome treasures (top photo).<\/p>\n

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After picking through those treasures for a while, I couldn’t wait to see what was happening on the east end of Sanibel at Lighthouse Beach.<\/p>\n

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The gulf side was still too choppy but by the late afternoon the shells started piling up at the waters edge on the pier side of the lighthouse.<\/p>\n

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Then more rain and more high winds… then…. fast forward to this morning at Lighthouse beach near the fishing pier again…. Shellzam!<\/p>\n

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It was Shellmania! Shells started washing up on the beach but before they could even get on shore, we had a line of shellers sitting on the sand bar in the water having a spectacsheller time.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It was total shelltopia! We all became fast friends after all 5 of these HORSE CONCHS were found in less than an hour. We would\u00a0hear screams of joy when someone pulled another empty one up out of the shallow water then we splashed over to see the next trophy- give a big hug then oooh and ahhh. Such a blast!<\/p>\n

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I found a HORSE CONCH too!\u00a0It was very cool although it had lots of old barnacles and shell “crust” but since we have a few already at our house, I decided to gave it away in a “guess a number between 1 and 100” game with 9 other shellers. Congrats Andrea! haha So. Much. Fun.<\/p>\n

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Feeling the anticipation of what a Tropical Depression in the Gulf Of Mexico like Hermine (aka “#9”) will do to our beaches if there’s no threat of danger, makes all shellers feel giddy with excitement. \u00a0If you’re an extreme sheller, this is what we wait for. It’s happiness.\u00a0
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While running the beaches the last 2 days, I met so many amazing people finding such awesome treasures. This is what makes the beach here so much fun- sharing the shelling love.<\/p>\n

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We also saw\u00a0Captain John\u00a0shelling with his family Katherine and Jack at Blind Pass. He was the new captain with\u00a0Captiva Cruises<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0who captained\u00a0our last iLoveShelling Adventure<\/strong> <\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0They just moved to Sanibel 2 months ago and looks like they’re already getting the hang of finding shells. Nice TULIP!
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I haven’t even gotten a chance to hit all the beaches because we still have storm bands driving thunderstorms though our area. Please remember…. any time you hear thunder PLEASE be safe and get off the beach. It’s so\u00a0easy these days to find a good\u00a0radar weather app to\u00a0be aware of storm bands coming through so you can\u00a0be prepared. If you don’t have your smart phone with you, the sound of thunder is Mother Nature’s warning signal to be safe and take cover. The shells can wait… Mother Nature knows best.<\/p>\n

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More shell stories to come so stayed safe and stay tuned ;)<\/p>\n

Until then,\u00a0have a shell of a day!<\/p>\n

PS- Hi Joey, I hope you got that little WHELK from your Gramma Sandy. ;)<\/p>\n

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