{"id":8648,"date":"2011-11-16T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=8648"},"modified":"2018-10-20T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:39:21","slug":"the-beach-is-always-worth-the-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/16\/the-beach-is-always-worth-the-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beach is Always Worth The Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I had to pull the car over on one of the causeway islands last night on my way back to Sanibel because the sunset was so pretty. It always makes running errands so much more enjoyable when I can time it to return to the island at sunset. Ahhhh. Makes it worth it.<\/p>\n

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

I also thought it was worth the trip to Blind Pass today to see if the shells were starting to show up again. To me, the shells have seemed a little scarce there lately for some reason. We’ve just had so much sand filling in again so I’ve been hoping for some good west winds to bring back the shells. I’m seeing more showing up now! Especially BITTERSWEETS. I saw quite a few today!<\/p>\n

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

I think this is the first BABY’S EAR that I’ve ever found at Blind Pass Sanibel. After I found this one, I found one more in the same area mixed in with the same type Beach Bling<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Leo from Chicago showed me some cool live creatures he found before he set the free in the water.<\/p>\n

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

This is a live PURPLE SEA URCHIN hanging on to a live PEN SHELL. See how the PEN SHELL is partly opened? This is how Sandy The Sanderling got in trouble by putting her beak in there. It slammed shut on her beak and wouldn’t let go. Ouch! If you missed that story click HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

This wrack line looks like a good sign to me for the next few days.<\/p>\n

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

I didn’t find loads of shells today but it was just good to get back on the beach on this beautiful day. I like quality these days over quantity. My BITTERSWEETS and BABY’S EARS made my day soooo much better.<\/p>\n

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

I’m getting back into my routine so I’ll be out tomorrow again to find out if there are any other shell spots hiding out there. Have you been finding great shells lately?<\/p>\n

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

I want to thank you guys again for your feedback on my new\u00a0i Love Shelling Shop<\/a><\/strong>. I’ll continue to add designs and merchandise so you can stay closer to Sanibel and we all can show off our love for shelling.<\/p>\n

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

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I had to pull the car over on one of the causeway islands last night on my way back to Sanibel because the sunset was so pretty. It always makes running errands so much more enjoyable when I can time it to return to the island at sunset. Ahhhh. Makes it worth it. I also […]<\/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":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[144,892,1964,1979,8,49,449],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-babys-ear","category-bittersweet","category-giant-bittersweet","category-pen-shell","category-sanibel","category-urchin","category-sunsets","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-2fu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8648","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=8648"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27983,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8648\/revisions\/27983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}