"But there are other beaches to explore. There are more shells to find. This is only the beginning." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift From the Sea
The view on the way over the Sanibel Causeway. The rainbow ends right where we are heading. Joan (front), Connie (back left) & Capt. Brian Looking forward to a great shelling day As the skiff "Muspa" slipped her way out of McCarthy's Marina on Captiva Island and into the glimmering waters of Pine Island Sound it became apparent that the amazing rainbow I had seen earlier crossing the Sanibel Causeway had been pointing in the right direction. Capt. Brian Holaway of the blog Capt. Brian's Observations on the Water invited me to join him on a shelling trip to Cayo Costa State Park. As a native Floridian I have been around the Gulf of Mexico my entire life but I don't boat or own a boat so I was thrilled to have an opportunity to visit Cayo Costa which is an island only accessible by boat. Coming along with me are my cousins Connie & Joan. Let me just explain that we Southerners have a quirky habit of adopting any close friend and calling t