Our boat on North Captiva
We haven’t been able to go out on our boat in over 3 months since the weather on the weekends has been either too stinkin’ cold, windy or raining…. so yesterday we celebrated a beautiful boating day by going to North Captiva and Cayo Costa. Weeehooo! Finally! And to top it off? We found good shells too!
A worm shell! Yeah!
And a sand dollar!
Gracie (Aka- Pat) with a hand full of wormies, king's crowns, whelks and olives
On North Captiva, we were excited to find a few WORM SHELLS , 3 or 4 KING’S CROWNS and the SAND DOLLAR but it wasn’t enough to keep us there all day. We jumped back in the boat to enjoy our picnic lunch while we cruised north to Cayo Costa. On the way, we saw several pods of dolphin playing very close to the boat ( I missed that photo op! They are just too fast) and 2 bald eagles perched on tree branches on shore (no telephoto lens today- sorry!).
Hundreds of Cockle shells on Cayo Costa and a few Baby's Ears too
Loads of shells in the tree roots on Cayo Costa
Whelks, Olives, Conchs, Murexes, Cockles, Shark's Eyes, King's Crowns and baby Horse Conchs
Everybody finding treasures
My peeps! Clark, Gracie, Ted, and Ellen
By the end of the day, we all had an exceptional time cruising the waters, spotting wildlife, island hopping, and finding lots of seashell treasures to remind us how lucky we were to have this adventure.
I would LOVE to take my daughter to Cayo Costa in October. Not sure if we’ll be able to do the cruise or not. Looks like you all has a great time. I would also love to find some Kings Crown shells. They don’t seem to be readily found. Are they seasonal when the wash up?
We’ve only found a few Kings Crowns on Sanibel but we have a big bowl full that we’ve found on all the out islands like Cayo Costa all times of the year.
So happy that you had such a lovely day and some good weather finally!
looks like you had a wonderful time. Do you collect driftwood?