Sometime I wish the aliens would abduct me and crown me as their leader. - George Noory
This was the packet of shells that came when you paid admission to the shell show People give me a quizzical look when I tell them I am heading for the mothership. My friends & family know that means I'm packing the truck up with my shelling gear & heading for Sanibel Island. On one of my first pre-dawn drives down as I was crossing the San Carlos overpass that leads to Sanibel the lights reminded me of the spaceship in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I start laughing every time I cross that overpass thinking it's transporting me to close encounters of the shell kind. I live 2 hours north of Sanibel travelling by Interstate. Now, if I had a boat Sanibel is just 30 miles south of me as the seagull flies. But alas no boat so I must drive. I usually get on the road early - about 4am. That puts me on the beach before sunrise. Early morning shelling is the best. As the sun rises I get to watch the beach wake up. ...