Colorado Kentucky Family Fun

I had a wonderful time with Toby, Angie, Ryan, Julie, Karley (super sheller) and Roger. We traveled to a remote stretch of beach empty of people. The ladies were all excellent shellers. Karley the youngest of the females impressed me with her keen shelling eye. They found many rice shells, tusk shells, key hole limpets, a baby ear shell, and many more. I was also impressed with there container for keeping the shells in. Karley loves coquinas. She found many in all different colors. I noticed a lot of small black fossilized bone in the sand. It looked like the sand on Manitosta Key. A place I had been to before with the Essential Beachcomber Karen, learning different techniques for collecting fossilized sharks teeth. Well much to my surprise we found fossilized sharks teeth. I have only found a few on the Island in 17 years. It was a great day of shell collecting with a great shelling family. I look forward to our next shelling expedition. Keep on shelling Karley!

Exploring With Ursla And John

I enjoyed the company of Ursula and John as we traveled to one of my secret spots. The shell  collecting was fun with Ursula. We walked and talked about shells found and shells we want to find. The walk was most enjoyable. So much I lost track of time and we had to walk quickly back to the boat. John was more of a walker than a sheller. He enjoyed just walking barefoot on the beach(go John).  We all enjoyed observing the flowering plants. The beautiful sea grape, the nicker bean getting ready to drop it's seed pod (my favorite), the prickly pear, and wild lantana.  I look forward to our next walking and talking adventure.

Last Light At Cayo

The last light on Cayo tonight was beautiful. I was happy to be there and observe the light through my camera.

Venice Rookery

Photos

Here are a few more photos of the 400 I took a few days ago. I look forward to taking more photos tomorrow at a new location in Florida that I have heard a lot about. This time I will have to travel by truck. I look forward to the land adventure. But look more forward to returning to the Island that I already miss, Cayo Costa.

Photography And Exploring The Back Country

I enjoyed the company of Manny and Margaret exploring in the back country. Manny has been a photographer for many years. We no sooner left the marina when a large pod of dolphin appeared. I put the boat in neutral and we watched the dolphin behind the lens of our cameras. Manny, Margaret and myself took many photos of the dolphin. It was amazing. We traveled to the back country and took photos of many birds and collected shells. Margaret found worm shells and enjoyed watching the live shells.  After our adventure in the back country we walked a beautiful stretch of beach. We

re-anchored in the Gulf far from people, enjoyed lunch, cloud viewing, listening to the waves and good conversation.