Boca Grande, FL
live giant Horse Conch - we found it on a sandbar - we threw it back
Two great days on Boca Grande enjoying
the awesome island and sunny weather. We
spent 2 nights at Uncle Henry’s Marina and had the place to ourselves
as most of the “snow birds” have left. We used a golf cart to explore the
island and town. We had a crazy ride back to the marina as the golf cart wheel was smoking, shaking, making weird noises and almost fell off.
We took the zodiac to 2 fantastic
beaches where we collected shells and swam.
The water was almost the same temperature as the air. We also dingied out to a submerged sandbar where the water was only 3 feet deep. We found 2 huge Horse Conch shells there, but threw them back as the animal inside was alive.
shells collected today (we didn't keep anything with a live animal!)
We see lots of wild life everywhere. There was a manatee and a couple
of dolphins right next to our boat this morning. About the same time Bill caught a fish (his
fishing line was just dangling in the water unattended.) Bob caught a fish too, but no one wanted to clean them so they let them go. This all happened at breakfast! Unlike home, there are LOTS of fish
in the water.
The beach is ALL shells
shell artwork on the beach (we didn't do it!)
There are orange fences up on the
beaches protecting the turtles and the turtle eggs. In Venice, all the residents along the beach
have to keep their curtains closed at night from May to Oct so the light doesn’t
disturb the turtles laying their eggs on the beach. The city changes all their light bulbs to red
ones to not disturb the turtles.
Gecko
lizards are everywhere, on the sidewalks, trees, walls of outside buildings.
gecko lizard
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