The Last Homely House: Boca Grande

Boca Grande is so beautiful. Dan and I had briefly visited the island once before. The girls had never been. The beach was practically deserted. Perfect for us. You cannot swim at the end of the island. Strong currents coming from the river and the bay mixing together make it dangerous. The amazing thing is that you can actually see where the different currents are out in the water. I was hoping to find a spot with tidal pools. We did find some rocks, two spots of them actually, but we only found one "thing" attached to the rocks. We are not sure what it was. Skyeler and Dan were hoping to find the mother load of shark's teeth. Aly was having an off day, I'm not sure what she was hoping for :) Dad didn't join us this day, he had some friends to pick up from the airport. This was the one day that I took the good camera. It was a pain to be so unbelievably careful with it, but it was worth it to have a few beautiful pictures of this area. At the end of our time on the beach, Aly was done. She got a little overheated and we spent a little time inside the lighthouse museum to cool off. Afterward we stopped downtown Boca Grande to browse the shops and have some ice cream in this beautiful little park. I have a feeling that Boca Grande will become a regular part of future visits.

Skyeler walks along the edge of the water. I love the sparkly sunshine on the water.

Aly explores the rocks on the beach.

The Boca Grande Lighthouse among the dunes

If you look close you can see the different currents here. There are some calm spots and different patterns of waves. Plus you can see the browner water in the forefront and the different color blues. This was just really cool.

Dan saw this little spider crab in the current and scooped it up with the net. Something had taken a few bites out of him. The girls spent some time examining him and then we let him go back to the water.

A sampling of the multitude of shells

A pelican in flight. The picture doesn't do it justice. The wingspan is amazing. There were many perched on what's left of a pier, which is the next picture.

We had walked quite a ways when we came to this rocky area. Shells were piled up around the base of the rocks and Dan and Skyeler looked for more shark's teeth.