Shelling on St George Island State Park

Shelling on St George Island State Park

March 4th & 5th, 2008

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We arrived on Tuesday, but on Wednesday headed to to St George Island for some shelling or rather "beach combing".

When Joyce & I arrived on St George Island we immediately headed to St George Island State Park where we plan to do our beach combing. We are heading to St George Island State Park because that is where we can find shells and other floatsum that makes its way onto the beach.

Crab shells on beach at St George Island State Park

Crab shells such as this colorful crab are some of the normal objects found when combing the beach looking for shells in St George Island State Park.

Nice fig shell on beach at St George Island State Park

It is always exciting to find a shell like this on the beaches of St George Island State Park.

Beach littered with shells in St George Island State Park

Looking at the whole beach scene here in St George Island State Park is sometimes more exciting than the individual jewels.

It is moments like this, in places like this, with people you love, that make life so special.

Large star fish on beach in St George Island State Park

This large starfish was just one of many that had washed ashore here in St George Island State Park. This one was in perfect condition and we could have taken it back and dried it out. But, we were wiser than that. Wiser, in that we know that freshly dead starfish will start stinking very bad within a few hours. We don't want to put this starfish in a storage compartment of the motorhome for our ride home. However, this starfish would make a good specimen if we could just dry it out before it had to be transported.

Skate egg case on beach at St George Island State Park

This is a skate egg case. We actually found a number of these egg cases on this beachcombing adventure at St George Island State Park. In case you do not know what a skate is think about a creature that looks like a stingray. Remember it was a stingray that stuck Crocodile Hunter? Well skates are smaller than those stingrays but they look similar.

Shelling spot on beach in St George Island State Park

Shelling & beachcombing on the beaches of St George Island State Park are tops in our book.

The pattern on this crab shell is so vivid that I couldn't help but try to capture it juxtaposed against the other shells and surf.

Perfect pin shell on beach at St George Island State Park

This pin shell had just recently washed ashore. They are noted for having a pearl like luster on the narrow end with a mixture of colors ranging from silver to blues and purples.

These fragile shells are pretty common on the beach at St George Island State Park.

Shelling spot on beach in St George Island State Park

At this end of the beach here in St George Island State Park there is no one in sight, shells are everywhere, the sky is blue, what else can we ask for?

Cute leopard crab on beach in St George Island State Park

You have seen this colorful little crab before. It is so cute. We are going to take it back to show our grandchildren.

Shelling beach at St George Island State Park

And one last look at the beach. This has been a wonderful day on St George Island State Park.

Until next time remember how good life is.

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