When the water is this calm and clear, snorkeling is just one more way to find the shells on Sanibel and Captiva. Reed (Fort Myers) hit the jackpot…
He and his family, Roxi and Elle, found an excellent way to shellebrate Father’s Day weekend…
But then working that big shell pile on the Captiva side of Blind Pass, brought good luck to Joan (CT)…
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Within 10 minutes of sifting around in the big pile, I found some beauties too…
Super Sheller Clark was sifting the water with his backhoe…
He found similar shells plus found TULIPS and WHELKS (notice he still has his spiritual line on from Thailand)…
We walked over the bridge to the Sanibel side and guess what we saw pull up to the beach in the distance… the dredging barge!
They were bringing the pipes on the beach. We walked down to see it but these guys were in no mood to deal with beachcombers (especially to get by to the other side of the…. ahem…. PUBLIC beach!). Honestly, I will be staying clear of these workers until they are done with the heavy lifting and I suggest you do the same. So guess what… I have no more information on the dredging other than what you see here.
Okay, let’s get back to the the happiest sheller I met on Blind Pass this weekend. Kathy from Tulsa, OK was in hog heaven collecting seashells on the big Captiva pile…. then I noticed the nozzle on her shell bucket. She told me “I do 2 things really well. I make fantastic margaritas and I’m a really good sheller”. LOL It was a margarita bucket she was filling up with shells! hmmm Would that be called a Margashellita bucket?
And we were even happier when we spotted three MANATEES near the jetty rocks! Here’s one coming up for air. See how close “he” is to the rocks?
Omg. That is some fabulous shelling. And the water color….my..oh..my…so beautiful. Look at that huge “yard” horse conch!! You found some great ones too. Soooo want to be there!
Thank you for sharing — can’t wait to get there in September for 3 wonderful weeks!
Wow….beautiful post Pam….awesome pictures as usual.
Sanibel is just so beautiful. Look at the colors of the water! :D
I went to Sanibel for the first time this past February, and I hadnt seen many pictures of Sanibel before then…. I remember turning to my husband during our trip there and saying ‘the only thing that could make Sanibel better is if the water was carribean blue insread of this tan/grey/brown color’…. And then i saw pictures like Pam’s above…. I can’t wait to go back there!!!
Yes, what a fantastic place Sanibel is!
the colors of the water and sky are truly amazing…sure wish I could join y’all in your hunt for shells. The gentleman that was snorkeling sure found some treasure! That huge, and I mean, huge old Horse Conch (?) is really awesome! I so want to thank you, Pam for sharing your blog with the great pictures. It really helps those of us with the shelling addiction that can’t be there in person, lol! HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the Dads out there! Keep on Shellin’! And that’s great news about the barge pulling up…can’t be long now!
omg will be there friday!!!!! can’t hardly wait.
Dredging can be good and bad. Does this mean you can’t shell on the Sanibel side now? Thought the dredge was going to be closer to Bowman’s Beach. Hoping to get over for a few days over July 4th just to get away, although Jupiter is beautiful. Looks like there is still “good stuff” out there!!
Reed’s jackpot is beyond belief. That huge conch defies description. We’ll be there in 6 days. Hope we’ll have a bit of that luck ourselves.
Wow, every time I’m at Blind Pass, I wish the water was calm enough to snorkel! Hope there are some calm days the first 2 wks of July!! Sherri from MN
Hello, are there better months than others to visit? We have always gone in March but certainly have not had the great shelling experiences I read about on “I love Shelling” :0(
Pam,
Great pictures, and I love the blog. I am sure we will run into you again shelling on the beaches.
Reed
Just returned from our Florida Vacation and a quick trip to Sanibel. I can’t wait to come back for more shelling.
Hi Kathy from Tulsa! I’m excited to see another person from Tulsa loves Pam’s site and Sanibel as much as I do. We’ll have to get together and share shelling stories. Email me if you’d like. momma_donna@cox.net
Goodness! The angle from which the picture of Reed and his bounty was taken makes ALL the shells look enormous. That horse conch must be the size of a small child!
It looks so beautiful. As always, thanks for sharing, Pam.