Gulf Side City Park Sanibel
I wish I had a little more time to beachcomb through all of those PEN SHELLS in this really wide shell wrack at Gulf side City Park beach but I only had a few minutes. If you are in the area, I would definitely suggest hitting this beach in the next few days. Looks like a ton of good shells!
Gulf Side City Park shells
I did have time to mingle with this wonderful family of shellers and found out that our blog buddy Melissa Ruiz (she is a frequent commenter!) was among them. It was so nice to meet all of them!
Pam, Luna, Ruben, Melissa and Emily
This afternoon Clark and I headed to Blind Pass since we are getting 10 mph and up north winds. This is what we found….. Sit ‘N Sifters!
Seashell Sit N Sifters
Sifting for seashells
This is one of my favorite things to do, join in on a shelling Sit ‘N Sifter group. Everybody digs and digs, then all the sudden someone shouts out the name of their latest find “Ooooo, an OLIVE!”. That’s how we met this next shelling family. After sifting around and sharing shells, we learned that Trey and Bill won this trip to Sanibel from working at Budweiser. I asked the logical question of “What’d you do to win the trip?”. Trey answered with the more logical answer….. “We sold a heck of a lot of beer.”
Misti, Trey, Wendy and Bill (Aiken, South Carolina)
You’ll see in the video that the sand bar is barely showing now in the pass because A) it was high tide and B) the sand has shifted and flattened out a bit. The sand looks like it has shifted more towards the Sanibel side but not in high mounds.
Since there the shells weren’t coming in with the waves (yet), Clark even plopped down and sifted with us. Here’s a short video of This Bud’s….. I mean…Conch’s For You…
how cool! I really want to get there some day…and what a small world for your friends to be from Aiken, South Carolina! That’s where I grew up! Thanks for the post, and the smile!
Where’d the sandbar(s) go? High tide?
You are so fortunate to meet all these shellers! Great photos again.
I wish I was sittin and siftin…! Looks like a fun group of people. And an amazing pile of shells to go through. How fun!
Your video really makes me want to be there right now. Thanks so much for sharing. Hope we meet up in March :)
such lovely comraderie among shellers!
Once again, Pam and Clark, thanks for keeping us all informed about the changes to the beaches. If I can’t be there, I’m glad that you are and so willing to share your experiences.
I want to be a sit-and-sifter!!!! :-)
Thank you for the wonderful updates. I’ll be a permanent Fort Myers resident soon after 20 years of vacationing on Sanibel every year.
I ca’t wait till I come to your side of the world to visit your beach! You always meet wonderful friendly people! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and all the shellers out there ♥
Pam & Clark… thank you for all your help in our Sit N Sifting adventure on Captiva Island! It was great fun and I lugged all my finds back to SC via a carry-on… I’m sure my bag weighed 25lbs by the time I was done! What a great time we had!
Happy Valentine’s Day and keep on shelling!
Wendy Ray – Aiken, SC
Love the video, wish I was there! I am counting the days till April 18th.
Hi Pam, I was so glad to meet you. I just wanted to thank you for showing us the city beach. It turns out that was our favorite day out of our trip. We saw dolphins very close to shore in fact Ruben was out further than the dolphins and thought at one point he was going to get knocked over by them. Then he ended up saving a washd up puffer fish as well that day. If you would like to see videos I have some posted to my profile. Very cool memories. Can’t wait to come back!! Melissa Ruiz