Early Morning Tides in the Dark

Team Cheri got back together for 2 early morning shelling adventures.  I love these trips, so much to see! I think it would be a little bit freaky by yourself, because it is VERY dark, ...

but oh so beautiful! I love to see all the life out there....Like these tiny Sand Dollars....they were about the size of Quarters and Dimes....they were EVERYWHERE!

We also saw live Olives...

and of course Lightning Whelks of every size and Color!

...and Sea Stars....like this Millipede Sea Star...

and this Orange Ridged Starfish.

We saw a few Sea Urchins...

and OH so many Egg Casings....from every type of shell you could imagine! It must be Spring time on Sanibel!

I can't miss taking pics of these awesome little Calico Crabs...

This guy was peeking at us from a small tidal pool...

and this guy, hiding in this shell that ....loved these tiny claws sticking out of this shell that was obviously too big for him!

We had a couple days of pretty stiff winds...including this morning, so there was lots of vegetation washing up as well....you had to look closely so you wouldn't miss anything...Look closely and you should see a Banded Tulip and Nutmeg...

These pretty True Tulips were pretty easy to spot, they were neon orange!

 Almost Twins...

This nice True Tulip was just laying there, waiting for me to pick it up! Look at the colors of it, it has a nice orange tip!!

Cheri found this nice dark Alphabet Cone...

I found one also, ...in one of Cheri's footprints!!

Who could resist this Gaudy Nautica?..

There were lots of beauties hiding in groups in the sand....like this trio of Banded Tulips....one of them was in excellent shape...

There is a nice little Shark's Eye in this group....see it?

We saw some beautiful Sunrises too....

As usual we had a great time exploring, walking and talking....such great therapy and Always an adventure....and we went home with some treasures!

Cheri's finds...for one of the days....

My finds....sorry, not great focus! :/

Cheri found this awesome Violet colored Fighting Conch on the walk back....

and I found this weird jaw of a fish....

I got to meet a couple of people in person that I have chatted with online for many months...and had a couple more adventures! 

Stay tuned!

::Shelllady Hugs::