New sandbar at Sanibel's Blind Pass looking towards the jetty rocks on the Captiva side
Annie, Katie, Grace, Claire and Maggie
As you can see, this new sandbar on the Sanibel side of Blind Pass is producing some really good shells. Annie, Katie, Grace, Claire and Maggie are new shellers but you wouldn’t know it by those nice big shells they found today. Annie’s holding a nice WHELK and an OLIVE. Katie has a beautiful orange SCALLOP and a FIGHTING CONCH. Grace has an OLIVE and a pretty FIGHTING CONCH. Look at that huge WHELK Claire found! Maggie is holding a nice PEAR WHELK and a LIGHTENING WHELK. They are visiting Captiva from Columbus, Ohio for the first time with their family. Happy shelling, Girls!
Rhonda, Trish and Mitch (Kentucky)
The Captiva side of Blind Pass is still filling in with more sand but there are still good shells to be found. Rhonda and her sister Trish were “whoop”ing it up every time they found a colorful CALICO SCALLOP or COCKLE in the pile that is up high on the beach. Even Rhonda’s husband Mitch was finding treasures to add to her shell bag.
Look at how deep that sand is now compared to the pictures on March 14th post then March 15 post.
Just beautiful. I don’t know how those kids can run around like that though…I would have been freezing!
You’re right! They were really cold but I guess the excitement was keeping them warm.
From Annie, Katie, Grace, Claire, Maggie and their families – What a thrill to find a summary of our exciting day shelling on your beautiful website! The girls were finding such impressive shells that they didn’t notice how cold (even by Ohio standards) they were!
The fun has continued as the girls set up a “trading post” to share their treasures. They have spent hours showing off and swapping their shells. As you mentioned, this is our first trip to Captiva…but not our last. We have just booked our trip for March 2011. Hopefully we’ll meet you on the beach again next year – only on a warmer day!
We will continue to follow your website and daydream about our wonderful week on Captiva. Best of luck to you!
The picture of those girls is just adorable.