Yes, Jim has never forgotten that trip.  He said it was soooooooo cold!
He still has the shells from that trip too.
 
shelloak wrote:
 
> Gollllly I forgot how many people I took shelling in the bay, Bobbie does
> Jim remember the night we went shelling with about 6 other people
> includeing Dr. Jerry H.  He was after Bucycon aspinosum to do some kind of
> study on them,  Jim and I stayed at the boat and found what the others were
> looking for only they walked about a mile on the sand bar away from the
> boat.  Jim got cold so we got in the boat and with the lantern I had and
> covered up with a tarp, we were nice and warm,  the others were a long way
> away and the tide was comming in and they could not see the boat or us as
> our light was covered up and they had lost the gas tank from their lantern
> and they were in trouble but we ( Jim and I did not know it).  By the time
> they got back they were cold and walking in 3-4 feet of water.  Busycon
> aspinosum is in groups of shells, 1 large one which is the female and many
> small ones that are males, from 3 to 10 or more will be males.  Told you I
> could go on forever.  John
 
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations