Post Hurricane Shelling - Hurricane Ian Southwest Florida 2022
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2022
- Post hurricane shelling is normally something I get really excited about. I watch the storm and try to figure out which beach I'll hit. Well, this hurricane had me running for Orlando, and once it hit I really had no desire to go to the beach. My heart was too broken to do anything other than clean up and try to help my neighbors.
I have called the county and will be attending a meeting regarding tourism next month and I have signed up to be notified when the county will start cleaning the beach. I am looking to perhaps sponsor a portion of the beach and help clean up.
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Thanks for taking time out of ur busy days cleaning up ur community to go support the locals that I’m sure appreciated your business!!! It was great hearing ur voice again FOR SURE!!! We all feel for FMB/Sanibel/captiva/Cape Coral and all surrounding areas … our hearts are with u and our shelling hearts and bellies will support them too!!
#supoortthelocals it’s their livelihoods !!!
To everyone that sees this-- Don’t be ashamed to want to go shelling and have food!!!! Shop at shops for souvenirs!! Don’t let the haters talk hate. Marco water is fine!!!
Right you are! Go out to eat - buy some goodies. Life does go on! 🙏🏼❤️
Thank You 🙏
Do u sell ur shells?
@@lindamon5101 I do! I'm in the process of changing how I do it but if you'd like the details send me an email at swfbeachlife@gmail.com
I think I got the junonia you were looking for. It was near the water on Wednesday afternoon. Kind of bittersweet after losing 2 cars in a flooded garage. I also wanted to support our shelling tour boats and needed to recharge after massive cleanup. Thank you to all of your supporters for their prayers and kind words. It really means a lot to those of us who call SW Florida home.
So very sorry for everything you all are going through! Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers 🙏 ❤️
Well if I didn't get the J, I'm glad you did! I'm sorry about your cars. I think everyone down here lost something. I think the first step to rebuilding is getting back out there! ❤️❤️❤️
@@susanbye6777 Thank you.
Diane I’m so sorry you was caught in this tragedy. Continued prayers for all of you ❤
@@tammymoore-kloss9680 Thank you.
Still keeping everyone in my prayers.
So glad to hear you voice leading us along on a beach treasure hunt 😊. We are praying for you all
The hardest part after any disaster is doing something normal. Good that you’re supporting local folks. It is heartbreaking. But, as you say, life goes on, seeing the little birds is proof of that. Kice, as always, gives so much. Big hugs, stay safe x
The best way to rebuild any community in the long run is to rebuild it's economy so to the extent where one does not become a nuisance or where safety becomes a concern, any support locally is a good thing.
Agreed!
There were little signs the whole time. One trip at a time! 🙏🏼
Hi, Sharmon! I am soooo happy you are out doing what you love and supporting people who are still trying to earn their living! ( : Sooo happy you found some amazing alphabet cones!! Great points on them too! (
The shells are over the top crazy! Sooooo many of them! Holy moly! ( : You found some gorgeous Florida Fighting Conches on today's trip! ( : Soooo wonderful all the colors and patterns! ( :
Yayyyy!! I love and missed beach time and you. Sharmon! ( : Thank you soooo much!! ( :
Wow, that rich colored Gaudy Nautica in the water was perfection! ( : Oh wow. I never saw a true tulip! A huge one too! Holy moly! Gorgeous! ( :
I love jingle shells sooo much!! ( : This trip was definitely bittersweet for you; what a beautiful gift you gave Allie and Carlos! You are an awesome person; wow, the rose Murex was amazing and definitely a sign that everything is going to be okay! ( :
You go Texas visitors on your shell collecting! ( : I would want to take suitcases of shells home too! ( :
Take care of yourself, Sharmon! God bless you and your family in your return back to normal! I loved this trip to live Island sooo much!!it helped my heart! ( :❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏😵💫🤗🤗🤗🐚🐚🐚🐚
Thank you so much for enjoying the this trip with me!
All I can say is, “Sigh!” Thank you for going out and doing what you do. A great respite for the sadness around us. There are many neighborhoods here in the Port Orange/ New Smyrna/ Daytona Beach area still dealing with flooded homes and displaced families.
Thanking God for the beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Finding the beauty.
Indeed. There might be piles of debris everywhere, but it's still 80's in late October 😃
Hello friend. I'm so glad your doing video's again. My heart is still breaking also for all the families that were in the path of Hurricane Ian and for all the flood victims.
Can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have you back out shelling and bringing back life to us again especially what you gave to the tour guide people ❤
That was very moving and I believe you are so right about getting out and doing "normal" things after such devastation, there are so many benefits for everyone in those simple actions. I'm sure many of us are interested in any information you are able to share with us regarding tourism, so that we too can visit and support those local businesses. As far as this tour to Kice, wow that was a lot of Pen shells. As always you got a fabulous haul and my favorite was the True Tulip, until you picked up the Rose Murex. Remember to take care of yourself as you reach out to help your community rebuild and know that you are all in the thoughts and prayers of people from around the world.
I'm going to the county tourism meeting next month. I'm very curious as to what plans the county has for rebuilding. I'll be sure to share what I am finding out along the way!
Don't cry. God Bless Florida! 🐚
Charmin, this was totally unexpected and beautiful! Your thoughts on helping by supporting local businesses that have survived is 100% understandable! I'm very grateful that you are being so honest and real in your videos. I will continue to keep you all in our thoughts and prayers 🙏 . Nature is so amazing !
Thank you so much for the updates and now I'm glad to see you back on the beach! It is heartbreaking to see and think about the past few weeks in SW Florida but if everyone is as resilient and giving as you are then I know you will all be back as strong as ever. You are an inspiration to anyone who is facing challenges right now, in SW Florida and everywhere else. Thank you again for taking us on your wonderful, educational excursions and I'm so happy that you and your family made it through the hurricane OK.
Hi Sharmon,
I can totally understand that you started to cry. Because the devastation is awful. Not only all the nature that got destroyed, but especially all the people that lost their lives, and the people that lost their livelihood and their houses. This hurricane was so, so bad.
But despite of that all, people and nature will recover. We are resilient. And I'm so glad that you're helping local businesses to get back on track! 💙
The shells you've found are gorgeous!
Especially those beautiful FFC's with all their patterns. Amazing that not one of them is the same.
And that Rose Murex. WOW!😍
But all those bugs...... girl, it would have been jumping and screaming with all those little critters flying around my legs and body. 😱
I really hope that you are feeling ok. Please let us know if we can help.
Wishing you a wonderful week, filled with love and joy.
Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona
I will tell you 100% the truth - those bugs were the most miserable thing I think I've ever encountered. I was not happy, at all, and literally might have left if there was an option to leave. I was unhappy, sad and dealing with horrible biting bugs. However, I am not a quitter so I obviously stayed and kept looking for shells and the wind eventually picked up a little so the bugs abated. I was going to tour again tomorrow but Ali said there were bugs and I immediately declined - LOL! I am going to the beach again but I am feeling rather anxious about Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel - two of my most favorite island beaches. I hope to be able to at least see them soon, but I also hope it doesn't destroy me. I have spent countless hours enjoying the sand and views of those island. I'm hoping it won't be all that bad, but it will be what it will be ❤️❤️❤️ I hope your health is good and everything is great in your part of the world!
I was so happy to see you out shelling again Sharmon, but the pain was heard in your voice for the people that are still suffering so badly down in Florida. We haven’t forgotten you guys.
Thank you.
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So good to see you back shelling! Prayers for all who were affected by Ian and struggling to get back...
you have no idea how much joy hearing you say those 5 magical words brought me! "let's go to the beach" I VERY LITERALLY just shrieked when I got on RUclips to see something unrelated and right there at the top was this video from you!
LOL! Well I'm glad I could make you shriek for a good reason 😂❤️
So glad to hear your voice tonight. Florida people are definitely in my heart and prayers. Thank you for your hard work during this stressful time.
Life goes on! Thank You so much! ❤😂🎉 After visiting North Captiva, over 20 years ago, we fell in love with it! You could only reach by ferry. We spent a week, driving our golf carts, enjoying everything! A few years later, I was told that the island was no longer there! 😳🤯😭 🙏 A very strong Hurricane.
That's a very decent haul! You know, it is perfectly fine to get away from all the destruction sometimes and do something you really enjoy. And you are still helping someone's business while doing it. It can be downright depressing to dwell on all the mess and the loses. Life goes on. And I hope to go on one of those shelling tours the next time I'm in SW Florida.
I remember when I lived in south Florida after a storm the sky would become a beautiful deep salmon and everything, vegetation and buildings would have a lovely pink tinge! Prayers for all who are recovering and rebuilding their lives...
Also, we want to continue to support your channel as well. We are not going to forget all the folks in SW Florida who's lives have been affected. Sending many 🙏 prayers to all.
Hi Sharmon! So glad you are doing what you can to support the local business. So happy to see you shelling again, doing what makes you happy and all us viewers too ! All those georgeous Kice shells. Such a blessing to have you do this every week for those of us who truly love shelling but can't be there. Love all those florida fighting conchs, beautiful colors. And the alphabets, awesome! Can't wait to be back down and take a tour with these guys!
I was in FL one week after the hurricane and had originally planned to travel down to the islands in the SW but my family and I felt we didn’t belong down there so soon with all of the rescue efforts and people trying to navigate through the devastation - we didn’t want to use any of the resources down there and take away from the locals who are trying to recover💔our hearts and prayers go out to all of you…..will visit again soon 🌴
Thank you for your concern! As a Floridian (and fellow Hurricane Ian survivor), I’ve seen a number of videos where people were coming down here basically to sightsee. Please, please, please let the recovery work continue as so many of us are trying to rebuild own homes/lives. If you’re here to help with the recovery effort-FANTASTIC-A BIG GOLD STAR FOR YOU!!! Otherwise, pray (if you do) for us!!!!!
It was so nice to see you out on the beach, and especially supporting your local shell businesses. During really difficult times it's sometimes hard to know how to be helpful. You have the right idea by supporting as many local businesses as you can. They really need folks like you, the locals and the visitors to keep them going. And I just have to mentions the fighting conchs... oh those beautiful patterns!!
I could really hear your sorrow in your voice even at the beginning. Thanks for supporting the shelling tours.
Wow, this time you find a lot of shells, all of them are so gorgeous, beautiful, amazing
I can't wait to see all after relocated
Have all a great week ❤🙏👍🍀🍀🍀
God Bless you, I pray everyday for those in your area. Fort Myers, Sanibel & Marco Island are my hubby and I's heaven on earth and go to for vacation each year. I have such a broken heart for ya'll, your videos are the only ones I can yet watch all the way thru without ending up balling my eyes out for all the devastation. The people and area will be back better than ever. God Bless🙏
Thank you.
YAY! Hi, Sharmon! So good to hear your voice. Yes, Florida's recovery will take quite some time. My heart and prayers go out to All. Okay, let's go shelling... 🐚 😎
Love your first 2 shells. The first bigger conch, your 3rd find, I love. The purple live apple murex was beautiful. I do like the purple red banded shells. Love the hinged Sunray Venus clam. That "super orange fighting Conch was gorgeous. The following small Florida
cone was so cute. The 3 fighting conchs in your hand and the following lace murex are great. Then the mellow orange fighting Conch was beautiful. That brown orange fighting Conch up where you got back into the pin shells was a favorite of mine
. That pear welk you first thought was a lightning welk is beautiful. I'm not as big of a fan of pears. It was right before beach time. I only like the dark brown alphabet cones. The Gaudi you found when washing the conch is lovely. The zig zagy fighting conch is gorgeous. The Nutmegs on this trip are awesome. The tiny attached cross bar Venus clam was precious. It was awesome you did that for Ali and Carlos. It's their livelihood. The couple coming on the tour was great for them. Kice is wonderful.
I'm heartbroken to hear about the horrific damages from Hurricane Ian. I pray that the museum on Sanibel was spared. It breaks my heart more that you, of all people, should feel you need to defend your shelling activity. That's what feeds your wonderful, generous, loving soul, Charmon! And i know you support the businesses who cater to the tourists and shellers, because you are so consistently telling viewers about them and praising them. You do not need to apologize for doing you. We all need "mental health breaks", just because we're humans in a complex world. I admire you so much! Please be kind to yourself. When you cry, it's contageous. Hugs, BonnieJean.
Thank you for the kind words Bonnie Jean! ❤️
I am praying for everyone affected by the storm. I know how hard it was for you to go back to the beach , I felt your pain ,but you helped more than you know Charmin! just seeing you doing what you love brings even me so much peace about what's happed to our beautiful Florida and " life does go on ". You're a crucial part of the healing process. I was so relieved to see you "out and about". Thank you and thank you for supporting Shell Touring. You are loved more than you could ever know! 💝😇
Hugs and thanks to you my beach friend. Your kind words mean a lot! ❤️❤️❤️
I never thought I'd hear let's go to the beach and have a very saf heart either.. but being here made it feel better... such a bittersweet on one hand but glorious on the other. The universe truly appreciates all you do as we do as well! Such treasures..and rewsrds.. so sorry about the bugs.. the conchs and whelks and cones and those fabulous false angel wings and the rose murex.. true signs of better times.. thank you!
It's going to be a very long time before I can go back to "my" beaches up here in the Fort Myers area. I can't even imagine what awaits. I have already signed up to take responsibility for cleaning up my favorite part Fort Myers Beach. It will take some time but we will get there 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I’m so glad to see you back! I love how you are so positive on a time of devastation. The donation to the shell tour company is such an awesome way of giving back. Your shells are beautiful. We were in Sanibel two weeks before the storm. All I could think of is the loss of people, homes, businesses, animals, etc. I pray reconstruction is helping others. I love it there. Here in St. Augustine had some flooding and power outages, minor stuff. But ironically there were a lot of the pen shells here as well after the storm. Keep up the good work. ❤
I am looking forward to exploring St. Augustine one of these days. So much history there. Weird that there were pen shells up that way too 🤔
@@SWFBeachLife when you come, the shells are at Vilano Beach and Porpoise Point in St. Augustine. Not really any at St. Augustine Beach.
I was absolutely blessed by your video today!! Thank you SO very much! Sending much love to you and everyone who has been affected by Ian!
How great that you are out supporting local businesses and encouraging others. Getting back to normal life is necessary after a disaster. Hopefully more shellers will follow your example. You sure found some beauties.
Thank you for this video. It’s so important to help out these small businesses.
It is so hard to do something normal after such a devastating experience. I have been praying for you and all those in Florida who have suffered from the storms. I lived in Florida for a few years and love the beauty of the state and the strength and beauty of the people. Stay strong 💕
So glad to see you out again! Keep supporting those Florida businesses! Your good work will come back ten-fold. Take care and I’m still praying for everyone in Ian’s path.
With the devastation Ian left on FL it breaks my heart. I have friends who live near Ft. Myers. They got out and are safe. But the pictures are so sad. So thank you for supporting the local industries and helping them in turn feed and pay their employees.
I welcome the return to "normalcy". We had a lot of flooding in the Daytona Beach area. Actually had some post Hurricane shells overseas here. Thanks for sharing!
I love the beautiful tropical thunderstorms in the background
First, happy belated birthday 🎂
Thanks for continuing on to give us these awesome videos. You are not forgotten, you’re strong. Eastern Kentucky is also trying to recover from devastating floods…we all have to help each other, very cool of you to donate your birthday funds to help out your neighbors. May we all rise up and help each other!! I’ll keep looking for you on Sundays. 🎃🧡🙏
Awww, I’m so full of joy that you went to Kice Island. That was just the medicine that you needed, and I love that you are supporting local businesses. I told my husband that the next time we come down to SWF, I want to take a tour to Kice. SWF will come back strong. It’s going to, I promise!
I believe you!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
And that Rose Murex! That was astounding in color and condition! I have found two or three Cabrit’s Murex, but the Rose is still a bucket list shell for me.
I’m glad you were able to get back on the beach. It’s good for your soul. I know you left before the storm hit but being new and it being your first big storm I think you could really benefit from talking to someone. It’s ok to ask for help❤
So glad to see you back💖 You are all still in my prayers 🙏🏻
I totally agree - thank you! 🙏🏼
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Glad to see you out there. Thank you ❤️. My sister has a house down there. Pine Island. She and her husband weren't there. Thankfully. Hope to see you next Sunday.
Aww you made me 😢. My heart aches watching videos of the area. I can't believe all the shells. I was thinking of coming right before the hurricane. Now I feel I couldn't go for quite some time. Glad you went out, you shouldn't feel bad. Everyone needs an escape somehow through all that's happened. ❤️ I know all of our access to the beach were closed, many still. I still had to get on the beach... Sometimes your soul just needs it.
This was wonderful Sharmon! It feels like it's been a year! Please don't feel guilty about shelling. It's what you do best! And it brings joy to us landlubbers who can't get there. With all the losses down there, it would be even worse to lose this! s
So thank you! Love & hugs from Virginia.
Thankful that you are so respectful to the shells in case they have little occupants in them
I went to coco around 6 years ago after the hurricane don't remember which one it was but yeah the sure was full of seashells it was awesome
I went to Florida and October 26th 2016 Cocoa Beach it was full of shells from the hurricane do you recall with hurricane that was
Hello, I didn’t think I’d see a showing video until the new year. So thank you so much for going out and bringing us along. When I visited Florida 30 years ago the beaches of Sanibel had shells a foot thick. So if you took away some of the destruction all of the destruction That’s what Sanibel looked like 30 years ago. I agree with you wholeheartedly on helping the local businesses stay afloat. I haven’t been to a food store in almost a year. I have badly damage lungs, and the doctor said if you caught Covid you’re gonna die . So with that knowledge I have tipped the people that I’ve done my grocery shop shopping very well over the last two years. When we were there 30 years ago they didn’t have shelling tours, they thought it was kind of silly. I’m glad to hear things are trying to get back to normal. I know how badly you guys were hit by that hurricane. It’s almost 10 years to the day that hurricane Sandy destroyed the beach in New Jersey. The only place that didn’t have trouble with Wildwood because their beaches are close to a quarter mile deep. So on the news every day they talk about hurricane Sandy 10 years ago . I’m sorry I started ranting. Again thank you for taking us with you when you went shelling. Kathy
I remember hurricane Sandy well since I lived in NJ at the time. We didn't have power for a week! I am glad you're being cautious with your health and especially glad you can still sort of come to the beach with me. As soon as it's safe to go to Sanibel I will!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your gorgeous shell finds. The FFC at 29:37 has to be one of my all-time-favorites; what a magnificent shell. I've only had the opportunity to go shelling twice and both times were at Ft Myers Beach so my heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you all. 🙏
Thank you for getting out again to support Carlos and your community.
That was a lovely day. It gave me a sigh of relief as well.
It is so important to take time to experience some normalcy. Don’t ever feel bad for doing that. It will re-energize you to be able to be the positive and kind hearted person that you are. Things will get better and people will rebuild. Sending best wishes to you and all of SWF from up here in Nova Scotia.
Thank you Canada beach friend! 🙏🏼
Good for you getting out to support the community! Your voice in this you can tell you are saddened by the storm and damage to the area! You all will rebuild and get hopefully be back to some sort of normal soon! Much love to my Florida people lots of hugs and prayers coming your way!
Yes, CHARMIN vocals sad, but; such an attitude towards LIFE rebirth, renewal AMAZING & UPLIFTING, A GEM. AN 😇
Can't believe the number of shells after that horrific Hurricane Ian which like so many other hurricanes looks like a bomb hit! I live on Cape Cod, aka "The Florida of New England" and of course we don't have the number or kinds of shells you have and while we have gotten hurricanes we usually get the tail end of ones. Last big one here was Hurricane Bob in 1991 and the most famous one here in 1938, no warnings back then. We have mostly clam and Quahog shells, some scallop and oyster shells and often times broken because of the rougher pounding of the waves! I still have all the beautiful shells my late beloved mother picked on Sanibel Island when she was dying of cancer. She died when I was 21 and now I
m 74 and have had these interesting shells for years, many with lavender and pink as well, often times shiny unlike the ones here! We also have razor shells and when I was little would often times cut my feet on them like other people have.
Hope and pray Florida heals from all the devastation and carries on! Time for all of us to become more environmentally aware because we're seeing the devastating impact from Global Warming/Climate change even here which decimated a famous beach here because of rising sea levels and very severe beach erosion! We also had huge icebergs , taller than human beings on the outer beaches here a few years ago that had floated down from the Arctic Circle which is melting! First time ever, and there as already been a break in the arm of the Cape and the beaches are much narrower than they were decades ago because of rising sea levels and severe beach erosion! Along with more sharks because they love warmer waters and love to feed off the seals here. A young man, a lawyer died from a shark attack last summer 2021. Be well and blessings~♥🙏🙏🐚💗💜
My friend Sharmon,
I'm so grateful that you and yours are physically ok! You are incredibly kind for paying a gift forward to Allie and Carlos, she has a great "Oh, WOW" face! The piles and piles of shells are just CRAZY!!! And WHY pen shells? So weird. Well bless your heart for "doing something normal", it's an excellent way to overcome! As always, thank you so much for my beach time, I love you and again, I'm SO glad you're ok! With love, hugs, yummy joo joo, and anything else I can send, from Minnesota! ❤ 🐚
Thank you so much beach friend! 🙏🏼
Yes Prayers for all!!!
Charmin, it is so good to see you again. Been so concerned for you and all of the folks in your area. I was in Nova Scotia Canada just after Ian “BLEW” through there on its destructive path and the damage was beyond imagination!!! I can hear a difference in your voice in this video, you sound unsettled and I also hear a sadness too. Blessings to you and all those who are working to rebuild their lives. Sending love and support always. ❤️❤️❤️
I'll get back to "normal" soon. We just had the yard debris picked up from our front lawn this morning. Slowly but surely we will be okay again 🙏🏼
I truly believe you needed to do this even as painful as it was. The beach has always been your happy place, please don't let one horrible storm take away what makes you happy. I saw those false angel wings and said please pick them up for my own personal reason as well.
I still love living here. I'm just grieving for everyone that lost so much and how battered our area is right now. I know we're going to rebuild even better than ever! 🙏🏼
It was so good to have you back. We have missed you. Having you back brings normalcy to your viewers life as well. Still praying for all the victims of Ian.
I loved the display at the end!
So proud of you that you found the courage to tackle the beach again! I know your heart is still broken for your friends and neighbors, the businesses, and people who have lost everything. That sort of kindness is what makes you, you. I loved seeing all the shells, and the beach time - not to mention the adventure of the day. My prayers remain with everyone in SWF. You will all find a new normal as time goes on. I pray you all find comfort and peace. xoxoxo
Oh My Gosh, the Shells! 😲 I'm speechless...
The sky is beautiful
Those signs always remind us to keep on keeping on.
Yeahhhhh! It's great to see you back out among the beautiful shells!!!
Thank you for your video, we were looking forward to the post storm shelling. We are also heartbroken, we live in Stuart, FL and are time share owners in Lahaina Inn on Fort Myers Beach, which is now gone. We have been vacationing there for years, and we will miss the beach charm that Ian took away. Praying for everyone for healing and recovery, God bless ❤️
I am so, so very sorry for your loss. I am crushed about FMB. I do know that they will rebuild so I hope you can come back in the future. I know it won't be the same but I hope we can all fall in love with the new FMB.
It is fine to take a break from all the trauma, just watching the videos, I was super excited to see your video about shelling. Everyone needs a mental and a physical break. Thank you for your video. Blessings!
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Thank you, watching you again me my heart smile. Time is a great healer.
Thank you for this tour of shelling on Kice Island. And, thank you for your generous spirit and reminder of those who are struggling to survive after natural disasters. I wouldn't have thought about those in small businesses down there. I'm sure I'm not the only one. I appreciate you.
Thank you!! ❤️🙏🏼
I did find a place to donate, last week. I think it went to the Chamber of Commerce of Fort Myers. I’m glad to see you shelling. First step in healing from this tragedy.
Great video! It’s often hard and guilt-inducing to think in terms of ‘normal’ when the devastation is still surrounding you everywhere. I’m glad you are able to support others ❤
That was a horrible storm. The damage was … I can’t even express it. I live in SWF and it was scary. I always thank everyone from the grocery employees to the clean up workers for all their efforts. It still saddens me to see the devastation and I’ve been to Sanibel and Ft Myers and it’s tragic the losses. 😢
I haven't been over to Sanibel yet but the destruction is beyond description. I am glad you are okay. I was getting really anxious for days before the storm came and finally freaked out when they evacuated Zone C. I know we will rebuild!
PLease don't apologize for looking for some normalcy and joy admist chaos and rebuilding. Without that, you might not have the energy or the drive to continue on and to rebuild. Good for you for giving yourself that AND for sharing it with not only the businesses you supported with the tour but us as well. Thank you!
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My tears are welling and beginning to fall as I watch the Kice Island video. I’m with you. Support your community as opportunities arise and do normal things when possible. Yes indeed, the Creation is resilient and life will recover and the natural beauty will be awesome.
So, so glad you are back!❤❤
I totally get being happy and sad at the same time going out shelling ! I love that you’re supporting those that really need help right now to stay afloat ! Kindness is everything in my book ! I love the rose murex -gorgeous! You found a lot of goodies today ! Glad u made it out and shared even though it’s bittersweet! Stay safe ! ❤
I was hoping you would get out shelling again, and am so happy you did!! My heart goes out to you, and everyone impacted by Ian. I can’t wait until April, when I can finally experience this magical place myself!! ❤ Seeing your video, and hearing your voice touched my soul this evening!!
It's always lovely to see the shells people have in other parts of the world. And time out is critical for self care. From eastern Australia.
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I'm just a novice haven't collected in years and didn't ever know what I collected. I would have loved this tour-I would have sat my bottom down and collected like a savage LOLOL! You have taught me alot, I turn the sound down on your videos and see if I can name those shells, than I turn you up to see if I am right. I'm doing ok still learning. I'm a native Floridian 66yrs and have lived in South Florida all my life and don't know these shell treasure.I'm trying as we only live once and now I realize it should be fun...wish the young ones would listen! We got mad knowledge. Your a kind person stand Proud. Thank you for your knowledge and time as I will keep watching!
Collected like a savage - LOL!! And you are right - we do have mad knowledge! I hope you do decide to keep watching!
It’s ok to cry you are going through a lot and have been through a lot. I have said it to you before, I understand l am from Houston. You need breaks. And this was a good one. And isn’t it funny how the lord works. With his small yet large in what they mean, signs. Hang in there and it is wonderful that you are sharing and spending the word about what happened down there sometimes it is forgotten . And yes life goes on. God bleed you and all in your community. Take care 😊😊
So grateful RUclips added your video to my feed! I’m more of a rockhound, but I found your video captivating! Took me back to my days as a kid in the 70s looking for shells on Clearwater beach. I wish I could have been there with you, even with the bugs and the smell of rot. 😄 Hey, a treasure hunt is still a treasure hunt, no matter the conditions! 👍
The hunt is the best part! I'm not so sure you would have wanted to battle those bugs. They were MISERABLE!!! But once they abated it was quite fun to look through the treasures!
Thank you for taking us there!!! Thank you for trying to still find beauty in hard times❤
Glad to see you attempting to get back to "normalcy" Sharmon. And I was amazed to see you remove that "damaged boat" from the island, all by yourself! Continued prayers, and blessings.
LOL! Yes, the first one I came across I couldn't manage by myself but the second one I could handle 😂😂😂
Sharmon, thank you very much for your video and so awesome of you to support businesses. I am from PA as you know and I am praying for recovery of everyone and everything. I have been supportive too of organizations in Fort Myers and Sanibel. My friends daughter from this area attends Florida Gulf University. We learned there is a food pantry there that serves students and the community so I sent a little something their way. Prayers for strength for you and for everyone you know. My heart is with you...
It was great to see the shells again! Thank you!
Thank you so very much for sending some help to our community!
I was so HAPPY when I saw your video!! But I can hear the sadness in your voice but you are right, life goes on. I think what you are doing not only supports business' but you make people happy! Praying daily for you and the area. Heartbreaking!! XOXO Hope I see you next week!
Wonderful to see you back with such a positive message🥰❤️👍
I'm so happy to see you making videos again I've missed your videos and I'm so sorry for what you and all the people in Florida are going through my heart and my prayers go out to you and everyone!!!
Well for the record I did not make it through the video without crying! So happy you were able to get out! Beautiful shells! Wonderful and much needed walk on the beach! 💕 prayers for you all!
Sorry about the crying - we do it all the time down here these days! I'll be happy when they are tears of joy! 🙏🏼
Thank you So Much for the Beach walk ! Looking forward to seeing Ali and Capt Carlos..hopefully with friends after the New Year. Stay safe..
* I am glad you went out and found some time to think about Shells instead of the disaster around you.. I hope you have the infrastructure rebuilt. Bless you for sharing your gift with us.. The Gaudy Nauticas were fabulous.. Spelling bad - forgive.. .. Now you have new energy to do the work that needs doing.. big Hugs..
So happy to see you back again 💓
Very happy to see another shelling video after all the devastation from Hurricane Ian. I’ve watched the last couple videos showing all the damage from it and it’s just heartbreaking! Glad you’re getting back out there and supporting local businesses and keeping them going. My son and I did a shelling tour back at the end of June with Treasure Seekers Shell Tours, and Captain Matt and Shell Guide Shirlee took us to Dickman’s for a bit and then we hopped over to Kice and it was just beautiful! I was able to find some nice bucket list shells, but there weren’t near as many shells as in this video…so many beautiful ones to pick up. And I agree…there’s just something about those FL Fighting Conchs that you just can’t pass up and they are so beautiful! I hope to be able to get back to SWFL one day soon and go out again with Treasure Seekers…they are amazing!
Typically there are more shells in the winter than there is in the summer so perhaps you toured more in the summer months? To be fair, shelling after a hurricane is pretty much always going to kick up shells. And since Ian was such a jerk the shells were there for quite a while.
So glad you could go back to the beach! So many beautiful shells. A ray of sunshine in a sad situation.
That's so lovely to see you put the ones that could be alive in the water. 👍💖👌
hope your family is ok my prayers are with all families
I am happy one place looks sort of normal. I was so sad to see what has happened to Sanibel and Ft Myers. I was planning to come to Sanibel in December. I was so looking forward to come to my favorite place. It broke my heart to see drone footage of the island. I will come back when things are better. I lived through a very nasty flood in CO in 2013. The destruction is heart breaking and reconstruction continues still. I feel for you and all that are dealing with Ian’s aftermath.
What a great video. So happy to see your back. I've been watching the news and see Sanibel is looking better.
Thank you for taking us along 😊 part of moving on is moving on
This video gives me all the wonderful memories of my childhood (I am 55 now). I am a native Floridian, but moved to NC one year ago. My parents took me and my 3 sisters to Sanibel Island all the time when we were growing up. It was our favorite place to visit and we could go often enough because we lived in So. Florida. I must admit though, I have not ever heard of Kice Island. It is so devastating to see the damage from the hurricane, but it's wonderful to see that folks are out, trying to rebuild. I look forward to a day when we can return to the area to go shelling again.
That broken shell was my favorite, hands down.