Here we are at Blind Pass, aka Turner Beach. Noelle was feeling frisky, so she decided to prance on the beach under her own steam instead of riding in the sling snuggled up to Kim. There wasn’t whole lot here…
Blind Pass
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Sea Shells
Wanna peek in my bucket?
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Top right, inside the grocery bag, you can glimpse some of the sea urchins I picked up. Below that, sitting on top of the mesh collection bag, are a few mac-n-cheese. Since any day you find mac-n-cheese is a good…
Critters!
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Bonnie found a GINORMOUS shrimp! He got swept in on a wave, but was still quite alive. I think maybe he was 6-8 inches long; Bonnie will correct me if I am wrong. After marveling at him for a bit,…
Carnage
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It was sea urchin hell out there today. Everywhere you looked, sea urchins, sea urchins, and more sea urchins! This is the reason Mister Moose got the boot from the bucket. I’ve never successfully transported a sea urchin all the…
Heartbreaker – WAAAAH!
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No fair! That woulda been a NICE macaroni and cheese (juvenile horse conch). Well, I took it anyway. I can submerge the broken part in the middle of a bowl of mac-n-cheese, and no one will know the difference.
The last we’ll see of Mister Moose
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I let Mister Moose hang out and dig through the piles for a while, but we were really on the move, patrolling up and down the beach. I ended up zipping him into my jacket to carry him to and…
A beautiful Sanibel day
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It was pretty cold at first; I was wearing a long sleeved thermal shirt, a sweatshirt, and my red Mickey Mouse jacket, which is lined with sweatshirt material. I was also wearing my new dive boots that I’d bought on…
It’s 7:06 AM and we’ve arrived at our first destination
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After some jockeying of vehicles and equipment, we piled into Bonnie’s car and headed for West Gulf Drive, Beach Access #7. Here’s Bonnie and Kim waving to the blog, above. Below, Mister Moose settles into my bucket for his journey…
It’s 6:42 AM and I’m going to Sanibel Island!
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I woke up early, and briefly considered going back to sleep, but ended up making coffee and settling in with the laptop to cruise some message boards. I saw a message from my friend Kim, indicating that she and Bonnie…