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A new island /sandbar emerged in the Gulf of Mexico 18 days ago. I have wanted to check it out since the first time I laid eyes on it. The day arrived for exploring this little spit of sand when Gail, Billie, Hilliary and Beth...

The Morris family was full of adventure. Jeff, Shannon, Julia, Anna, Adrian(AJ My little buddy) and John the explorer were open to whatever came our way. We started our trip with a walk in the sea grass. The girls were finding live lightning whelks and...

Chuck, Christine and their boys Logan and Owen have been exploring with me for over 5 years. It's always a fun time with the Jandris family on the water. During this outing we charted new territory, we looked at live shells and we explored...

Cross Canadian Ragweed  was singing, "On your own" When I took this shot, But it was Edna St. Vincent Millay, I kept thinking about, "My candle burns at both ends: It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-It gives a lovely...

Today was a beautiful day on the water. I watched the sunrise and the sunset. In between the sun's activity I was busy watching nature and educating along the way. Many photos were taken. Hope you enjoy these. Capt. Brian...

You can never learn enough about shells. This family knows their shells. Pat, Jen, Izzy, Ben ,Ursla and dad. I find myself researching uncommon shells they find on every trip. Ben found wentletraps, Jen found a fossilized shark tooth, (in a very unique place)...

Stefan is a lifelong sheller and Dorit is a photographer. We watched the sunrise on the water and dolphins playing in the heavy surf. Dorit took some great shots of the dolphin surfing in the high waves. Stefan was very interesting to talk to about...

I enjoyed showing the Dawson Family (aka Team Dawson) around the islands. Team Dawson is Mark, Alicia, Aubree, Davis, Cale and Bram. We started by exploring the sandbar off of Captiva. The kids had fun swimming and playing in the water and enjoying the birdlife...