Sand between my toes & a verse in my heart! Let's walk the beach together! I love shelling Florida-residing on the central east coast.
I can’t hit the beach obsessively like I used to (surprise baby); so for now, why not relive some of my loved beach experiences and invite you along with me! I absolutely LOVE shelling, glassing, sunrises and sunsets, wildlife, learning more about nature-all of it! There is such beauty at the beach and in beautiful shells, that all point to our brilliant Creator.
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:7-10)"
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What do you do with all of your shells?
I give some away, I’ve set some aside for future projects and perhaps selling. Display them around the house & in my garden. Sometimes I return them back to the ocean. 🐚🌊☀️
Hi Roxann 👋🏻 Lovely trip to Kice Island with friends and family! The Alphabet Cone, Rose Murex and Horse Conches are just stunning 🤩 at 17:12 there is a paper fig to the right of the Angel Wing that I was hoping to look at too, but maybe you saw that it was broken? The favourite is the darker coloured Coloureful Moon Snail from Dickmans, that was fabulous. Oh, I liked learning how long those sand dollars can live for; I don’t know how long any of the sea snails here can live for...I think it’s not something that much scientific study has been devoted to? Anyway, I loved seeing your trip, thank you for sharing it ❤️
Hey Maddie! Ahhhh don’t think I saw that paper fig! There is so much to look at and then watch what I’m recording too-you know how that goes 🙃 But it’s fun shelling for the 2nd time watching the playbacks lol-unless I passed something really special ahaahhhhh!!!! Some of my shelling books have some neat facts about these critters and I try to share what I can-helps me to learn myself about these fabulous treasures! That moon was spectacular nice and dark 😍 Thx for watching and commenting ❤️☀️
Where did you put your kayak out? I have a young daughter and am a beginner kayaker! So I’m afraid to try this. But if I can launch kinda close I might be able to do it with her. Love your videos and you have the prettiest smile!
Hello and oh my goodness thank you! There is only one place close to publicly launch from to kayak to Dickmans (easy paddle, you guys could do it!) and/or Kice (Kice is farther and more difficult to paddle to, chop can come on fast- I’ve had friends capsize in their kayak once coming back from Kice) the public launch park is “Caxambas Park & Marina” BUT they are currently closed I heard from my friend in Fort Myers and will be for the next couple of years they say. It’s getting rebuilt after Ian-they “just” now started to rebuild. This “total” park closure is just recent-they “were” open after Ian for only non-motor boat launches (because the docks were all messed up they didn’t allow motorboats). The only other public launch place is Goodland (you can’t kayak from there to Kice. It would take over 4hrs (I had a friend that’s done that). That type of paddle trip is for the wilderness expert paddler that camps- not me lol 🥲 When Caxambas was “normally” operating they do have private companies you can rent kayaks right there in the parking lot. The tour boats use Goodland for now. I had a viewer comment they took a Wilbur out to Kice and loved it-not rushed like you can feel on a tour. I’ll have to check into that myself 👍🏼 Hope this helps. I can’t wait till Caxambas is open again. You can see Dickmans right from the launch area at Caxambas 🌊☀️🐚
how did you know about the dredge pile? how would I find one? thank you
Facebook shelling groups and I just Google “current Florida dredge or beach renourishment projects”. Some, I just drove by to see if there are open piles (usually not; they are closed and guarded). I’ve even asked the guards right there on the job about the current project and future projects-most are nice but some will not even give you the time of day. This Palm Beach pile I had messaged someone on Facebook after seeing there shelling post and they were nice enough to tell me about it-it was a month after they had been shelling the public pile. People are tight lipped about it-and I get that 👍🏼
What's your favorite 🐚?
I have to say the alphabet cone and the rose murex 👍🏼👍🏼😍❤️ But I go onto different phases on favorites lol. Thx for watching!
Wow beautiful
Crazy! It’s one of my favorites for sure 👍🏼 👍🏼
@@FloridaBeachWalks I wish I could come there and pick some beautiful sea shells
Three different colours. 🙌🙌🙌👍
Wow, you guys did great! Some great looking horse conchs, alphabet cones, murex, moons, nutmeg--a great variety of amazing shells!
Thank you ❤️ it’s fun finding so many like that and I sure did appreciate it 🐚🙌🏽☀️ Thx for watching!
It’s BEAUTIFUL 😍 Roxanne ❤
Thank you! My favorite one we have ❤️ Have a great week!
Just came across your channel, and I love it! Nice job of editing and narrating, and your arrangement of shells at the end was just spectacular. Dickman's seems pretty close to Marco... how long did it take you to kayak out there? We're hoping to move to SW FL in a few years, and I'm gathering intel!
Ah! Glad you found the channel and happy you are enjoying these beach walks! Thx for taking the time to comment. Dickman's is very close to Marco Island. If that intel wasn't so powerful you could swim over to it from the tip of Marco Island. There is only one place to publicly launch from to kayak to Dickmans and/or Kice (Kice is farther and more difficult than Dickmans to paddle to - I’ve had friends capsize in their kayak once coming back from Kice) the public launch park is “Caxambas Park & Marina” BUT they are currently closed I heard from my friend in Fort Myers and will be for the next couple of years they say. It’s getting rebuilt after Ian-they “just” now started to rebuild. This “total” park closure is just recent-they “were” open after Ian for only non-motor boat launches (because the docks were all messed up they didn’t allow motorboats). From Caxambas to Dickmans kayak is only like 15 minutes (give or take depending if you are single or double and water conditions). It's not far at all. Hope you get the chance. When Caxambas is back open it'll be new and awesome! Have fun!
Love your videos especially the very ending🙏🏽❤️🫶🏽
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you are liking these beach walks and the endings ❤️👍🏼
Amazing you found it!!!!!!!!!!
It was a total memory maker! It made my day, my week, and my year!
Love your videos and narratives. Where did you launch your kayaks from to get to Kice? Is it an accessible launch area with good parking?
Thank you! Happy to do them for you all. There is only one place to publicly launch from to kayak to Dickmans and/or Kice (Kice is farther and more difficult than Dickmans to paddle to - I’ve had friends capsize in their kayak once coming back from Kice) the public launch park is “Caxambas Park & Marina” BUT they are currently closed I heard from my friend in Fort Myers and will be for the next couple of years they say. It’s getting rebuilt after Ian-they “just” now started to rebuild. This “total” park closure is just recent-they “were” open after Ian for only non-motor boat launches (because the docks were all messed up they didn’t allow motorboats). The only other public launch place is Goodland (you can’t kayak from there to Kice. It would take over 4hrs (I had a friend that’s done that). That type of paddle trip is for the wilderness expert paddler that camps. When Caxambas was “normally” operating they do have private companies you can rent kayaks right there in the parking lot. You have to get there pretty early usually to get a spot. It can fill up fast on weekends and popular holidays...it's not a huge parking area. Hope this helps :-)
I have been meaning to ask you where did you find the location that allowed public to go to the dredging disposal site?
Oh sure, in all the piles I've found it's been word of mouth or shelling groups on Facebook and also, I've just driven by to check out the dredging project that I find online. If you google army corps of engineers dredging projects a lot of links pop up. SO many don't let the public shell in their piles so it's so nice when they do but it's not often anymore due to liability I'm assuming. I've heard "back in the day" they didn't even restrict those piles you could just walk right up and shell --- ohhh what fun that would be...these days is a different story they have guards and everything around those piles. 😭
Hi Roxanne! 👋🏼 You all found some beautiful beach treasures! Love the Gaudy Nauticas 😍 Thanks for taking us along!! TTFN 👋🏼 ❤
Absolutely! You have a fantastic new week and thx for watching 😍
I absolutely love that Rose Murex! The color is phenomenal.
Thank you! They are such special shells to find. Hope you had a great weekend and thx for watching.
Oh my!!! That light pink fighting conch😊
Yes 👍🏼 Thx for watching 😍🐚
I love your videos so fun
Awesome! Thx for taking the time to let me know that. Glad you are enjoying them 🐚
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Lot's of really awesome finds! Cool to see a lot of those big shells too, and that whelk cleaned up so nice. I've yet to find a rose murex so that looked like a really exciting find!
Big “hello” to you 🐚👍🏼🌊❤️☀️ Yes, love those rustic looking older shells too 😍 I was pleasantly surprised it did clean up so well! You’ll find your rose soon enough-the key on Kice w/those is to shuffle the surface. My friend Shilei has found some stunning roses by patiently doing that 👍🏼 If you wanted to see the roses she has collected from Kice here is a link to her Etsy store to see them-all in her shop were mostly from Kice : www.etsy.com/shop/ShileiTreasures?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1595250103&from_page=listing Take care and “happy shelling” thx SO much for watching!
My husband and I are doing our second trip to Marco in December. Can you please tell me if it was difficult to kayak to Dickmans or Kice Island please. We did a few chartered tours while we were there last time but I would love to explore at our own pace. If you could include if you rented and where you launched from it would be much appreciated 😊Love your videos❤
Glad you are enjoying the videos! There is only one place to publicly launch from to kayak to Dickmans and/or Kice (Kice is farther and more difficult than Dickmans to paddle to - I’ve had friends capsize in their kayak once coming back from Kice) the public launch park is “Caxambas Park & Marina” BUT they are currently closed I heard from my friend in Fort Myers and will be for the next couple of years they say. It’s getting rebuilt after Ian-they “just” now started to rebuild. This “total” park closure is just recent-they “were” open after Ian for only non-motor boat launches (because the docks were all messed up they didn’t allow motorboats). The only other public launch place is Goodland (you can’t kayak from there to Kice. It would take over 4hrs (I had a friend that’s done that). That type of paddle trip is for the wilderness expert paddler that camps 🥲 When Caxambas was “normally” operating they do have private companies you can rent kayaks right there in the parking lot but we made a reservation w/a rental place and they just met us there at opening for a 2-day rental. My friends I was with in this video have their own kayak. The tours use Goodland for now. I had a viewer comment they took a Wilbur out to Kice and loved it-not rushed like you can feel on a tour. I’ll have to check into that myself 👍🏼 Hope this helps and have a wonderful time!!!!
Is this video very recent? If so, the summer shelling is great on these islands!
This was from a winter trip…summer is a bit slow in Florida for shelling. Thx for watching!
I’ve found deer cowries in Boynton
Sweet 👍🏼🐚 That’s south of Palm Beach and I have found them there and south of you at Phipps Park in a dredge pile ❤️ They are pretty neat shells 😍
Nice haul!
Thank you & for watching 😍❤️🐚
Thank you for sharing. Love your videos.
Ahhhh thank you for letting me know you have been enjoying them! Have a great week 🐚
Beautiful finds ! Time spent with family and friends ♥️ And ending with words from Gods book ! It just doesn’t get any better than that ! 😊♥️♥️
Amen ☀️ He is so good 🙌🏽 Thank you for your comment and you have a blessed week 🐚
What an awesome trip and beautiful bounty of shells!!
It was awesome 🤩 Thank you so much and have a great week! ☀️🐚
It’s so fun u have a friend and her family to shell with! I am jealous!
When I got married I left my hometown of Tallahassee to move on the east coast and I didn’t have a soul 🥲 I prayed for some friends and Shilei was definitely my answer to prayer 🙏🏼🙌🏽 Honestly I like shelling alone just for the sheer peace of it but she I will shell with anytime and anywhere (my family too of course). Thx for watching; have a good week!
Connor won my heart a long time ago; what a sweetie!! You are the best little family EVER. Thank you for your upbeat attitude and your wholesome lifestyle. That was a gorgeous gaudy nautica-it’s one I really hope to find one day. God bless you and your precious family.❤TN Nana
So nice to hear from you! I hope all is well with you 🤞🏼 Awww I love to hear that! He is currently in his “preteen-age-ness” so that with ADHD is a challenge but God is good and seeing us through. I need to get him to the beach-it’s currently been a little while. Thank you and I give all the praise to God-in which all I trust. Thank you for your comment and I hope you have a very blessed week ❤️🐚 oh!! Also if you’d like me to send you a gaudy nautica I will, just go to my website floridabeachwalks.com/contact/ and send me your address using that email form 👍🏼
Such beautiful treasures!
Thank you!! Fun times 🐚
Wonderful Roxanne!❤️
Thank you so much 🐚
Thank you for your walk. You are right, God is such a wonderful artist. 🐚🪸
You are so very welcome ☀️ Absolutely, He is so wonderful 🙌🏽 Have a blessed week!
These were gorgeous. I like the big conches for air plants. Very natural look ! Great shelling day happy Sunday blessings and fun with your precious kiddos
I need to try getting some air plants 👍🏼👍🏼 I don’t recall seeing them at my local home improvement store but maybe some local nurseries would have them 👍🏼 That would be nice. I do have a succulent garden going w/these I picked up👍🏼 Thank you for watching. Got to take every moment w/these kids, before I know it they’ll be off to college 😲 Have a good week
I look forward to your video every Sunday! You really found some beautiful shells. Those huge whelks will be gorgeous for your succulent garden!
I'm so happy to hear that! I really have enjoyed making these videos for you all. That's my plan each Sunday but sometimes I'm sure "life" will get in the way. Since starting I had to skip one Sunday so far when work was too crazy. I'm the vacation bible school director at my church and our VBS week starts tomorrow...but was able to finish the editing on time for today (wasn't sure I'd finish)...anyways, I'm rambling lol. Next Sunday might have to be a skip b/c of VBS and working but we'll see how it goes🤞I appreciate YOU and yes, the larger shells in this video have made it to my succulent garden! Have a wonderful week!
@FloridaBeachWalks I totally understand how real life takes precedent over KZread lol. I hope VBS goes great for you and all the kids! I always loved that week at church every year!
@@justjulee9135 Thank you! I have enjoyed VBS since I was a teenager volunteering 👍🏼 Now umm I think this is my 8th yr directing…God is good 🙌🏽
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Very cool
Love watching your videos. And your message at the end is special.
I’m so happy you are enjoying them Beverly! Glad you also enjoy the verses 🙌🏽❤️🐚🌊 Thank you for watching and this comment 👍🏼👍🏼
This is so interesting!
It seriously is 🤯😍🐚
That is so fascinating! Glowing seashells!?! I’m definitely curious to see if my seashells glow in the dark or not. You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing with all of us seashell lovers. 😂
Thank you! Oh after I learned about this I just had to share with you all 👍🏼👍🏼 🤯😍
Hahaha, you cracked me up with “We’ve got a glower!” Oh gosh, those Striate Bubbles are sooo nice! Yes, I think that whatever mineral makes these shells glow must be in their top-most layer? For my own shells, a slightly worn away one had a patchy glow compared to a glossy one. Your Trivias are too, but what surprised me the most was the Lion’s Paw and the shark teeth 🤩 I didn’t think to shine a UV light on the back of my Lion’s Paws, so I’ll have to do that tonight 🐚 and goodness, those fossilised teeth are just amazing with that orange colour. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video 🙏🏻
🤣 I was very surprised that one glowed! Yeah, you are right, something in that top layer must be the reactor and then you do have the fossils that glow like in that guys video with the fossilized Junonia (that was amazing!). The yellow cowries were worn down but the edges were not so warn off and they glowed. So something with that shine composition glows, but my shiny olives didn't glow so its shiny layer has a different makeup I guess. Something to look deeper into maybe. I found a couple shells "after the fact" that glowed too so I might do another video later--want to see if I can get a hold of some fossil shells 1st then maybe do another video down the line 👍🏼