Sanibel Island Things to Do Tips by janiac

Is the fabled shelling as good as they say? I thought it was pretty good. I grew up in southern California when the shelling used to be pretty good (abalone shells, sand dollars, et cetera), but in Sanibel I found lots of little conch, scallops, welks, and tulips. After the first day what I really enjoyed was finding the live ones stranded in the tidal pools near my hotel and putting them in the deeper water. I had never seen live conch before. I also found some very large live scallops, a 9-legged starfish, and two live sand dollars, one as large as the palm of my hand. Collecting live shells is illegal for good reason and I was always worried someone might come along and take these guys. It's a shame, because once I saw them, I realized how much better it was just to enjoy them temporarily rather than killing them to put on a shelf somewhere.

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We went to a nice mini golf place (can't remember the name again, sorry -- I think it was Smugglers Cove or something like that, but they have little alligators you can feed as a clue of which one it is.) The kids enjoyed this and it was relatively close to Sanibel in Fort Myers Beach

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