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Capt. Barry's Cruise was fabulous!

What a great time!    We felt like kids again!

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Capt. Barry's boat

pontoon boat

First on our back bay adventure agenda: clamming

catching clams clammers 

We didn't have a clue we'd be in this water! But we sure had fun! Right:  We saw others clamming so we weren't alone in our insaneness.

low tide muck coated toes

This is how our feet looked after clamming.

Here's some of the sea creatures and sea life we discovered along the way.

  sea life horse shoe crab

Sea grass and a Horseshoe crab

sea creatureorange sea brain like creaturehermit crab

We didn't think we'd be handling these sea creatures either but we did!

sea plant sea creature

Below: The nemesis of the beach, the feared jellyfish! A pic is the closest you want to get to a sea nettle! The head is still intact but the tentacles are barely visible. Some beach goers say their sting is like our bee stings and some say they are nasty stings! For jellyfish stings, Capt. Barry's remedy is Vick's Vapor Rub then add steak tenderizer.

beached jelly fish

jelly fish on shell beach jelly fish

 Left pic: this is part of a jellyfish beached on a bed of shells.  Right pic: Capt. Barry is holding part of a jellyfish. We did get to see a live floating jellyfish that stings, but there's no picture as we all got on the boat ASAP! Capt. Barry picked up the jellyfish to show us what they look like, a clear mushroom head with tentacles. 

sea lettuce  more sea lettuce

Sea lettuce

shells  more shells

Shells we found at various islands and low tide marshes

sponge looking shell sea shell with hole

Capt. Barry explaining how holes get in shells.

small silver fish  netting at the sea shore

Ain't he cute! A little silver fish caught netting at Peligan Island.

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