the big one, pt. II
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she did it.
she found the proverbial “big one” – The Shell.
after my finding of The Other Big One back in december, lise’s pitched a bit of a fit that she’s not had the same luck. but last week, we hit the beach and there it was.
we had walked a ways down the beach together until at some point i decided to go back to the chairs and sit, watch the sunset and listen to the waves. lise trudged on, deciding to get in the chilly water and wade around a bit.
and that’s where she saw it. the top half of a large lightning whelk sticking up from the sand maybe 4′ from the shore. as she recounted the story, she said, “i saw it and i thought to myself, ‘oh, please let it be a whole one, not a broken one!’ as she pulled it out of the sand she let out a loud “YES!!” and bounded out of the water to examine her find.
it’s a nice one, too. where mine is 12″ and quite faded (not from the sun but because when they get to that size, the color becomes more of a flat cream with less pronounced ridges), hers is 7″ and full of colors and textured ridges! it’s a real beauty and is now proudly displayed as one half of the two Big Ones.
will this end her quest for another big one as it did mine?
probably not. who says chicks don’t care about size?
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March 21st, 2008 6:01 am
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If you ever have a long weekend, or a summer week, take a drive down the coast (through Appalachiacola for the world’s most wonderful oysters) to Englewood beach, just south of Venice. Stay at the Weston complex, which is just north of the state park which forms the southern part of the barrier reef island there. Walk out on the beach. Pick up shells and fossilized shark’s teeth. In abundance. It is a fabulous, old Florida kind of place. On the way home, stop for an air-boat tour of Myakka Park, and it’s thousands of alligators.