What to expect on a Shell Tour + Cape Romano Dome Homes. See all the sea shells we found on our tour

hi welcome to another swf beach life video today i'm going to take you on a shell tour i'm going to take you on a tour of the Cape Romano dome homes and a dolphin show so make sure you stay to the end we started out in Goodland at the Goodland boat ramp we had never taken a shell tour so we didn't know what to expect we parked in this giant boat ramp place made our way over to this building and we did eventually find our guide actually he found us so that's what you're gonna expect if you take a tour out of this area there was a little shop there so if you were fishing you can get your bait and your beer and whatnot and this is the boat we took we were really lucky it was only myself my husband and one other person so it was a small personalized tour which was no that's kind of nice beautiful day was a little chilly the Sun wasn't quite up and we got going so if you're going in the winter months I would recommend some sort of long-sleeve or something because it did get a little brisk out there on the water so this is what we started we're just kind of making our way over to the Shell Island I'd asked about the dome homes and our guy took us there in the distance you'll see the Cape Romano dome homes the dome homes used to be on land and were part of a vacation home built in 1980 by oil producer Bob Lee who loved inventing things and DIY projects these homes were self-sustaining solar-powered and even had a heat source under the floors of the house cool I'm going to put a link in the description to an article I found where you can see pictures of these homes when they were intact and on land the domes were actually a primary residence of the builders grandson up until 1993 a year after Hurricane Andrew which didn't do much damage thanks to the homes unique elevated and rounded structure however in the following years the house was visited less and less by the family and the other homes on the coastline that were harder hit by the storm were a quickly abandoned one after the other Tylar are shelling tour guide told us a story about fishermen who come and catch giant groupers from under these domes and take pictures with them I've seen other articles where people talk about the amazing artificial reef that exists under these beautiful structures in 2018 the ownership of these domes was transferred to the state their fate is still in debate as there's been talk of demolishing them so if you're in the area go take a look while you still can so here's where we start our shell tour I was super excited I'm gonna get a horse and all these giant shells so we started meandering and started picking up I promised myself no Florida Fighting but here we have a whelk and here we have another welcome there's some pretty lightning walks here we have an olive make sure if you're going on these tours you bring your shoes that I think is a I don't know you know I wasn't sure what that was and I think that's a baby horse it was kind of cool to find shells that I didn't know exactly what they were here we got a tool up another tool up it was it was ultimately a pretty good day for tulips so this is what I was talking about make sure you wear your shoes I know this looks like sand but if you really want to kind of get in and dig around you're gonna want to have those flip-flops through your water shoes here's another banded tool and another that that's a good one good another olive and there's an Apple me Rex and another Tula guess what another tulip looks like I'm gonna go for that well I'm just kind of sitting there that also if we don't usually find him like in the sand like this so that was different that was gonna need now we're used to digging through shale piles but that's a horse conquer sure that's another tool you like me walk to not even gonna say it you know what that is a little broken pair well but that would have been cool look at that beauty that's an Apple me Rex beautiful that's probably the best one of the day here's another olive and then another hour and one I didn't get lose another Welk and another what we got here in another welcome so I was expecting to grab those big old horse and crazy giant lately whelks that's a pretty pair well but it was not to be no show I mean we got a lot of pretty shells check out this guy that's a spiny jewel box but I found the top in the bottom that's kind of cool little tool a cone no their Apple me racks you've guessed it not sure what that is so it was neat to find a couple and I still haven't been able to identify them so that's a lease me racks so if these other shells guys if you know what they are please let me know I got my shell book out and couldn't quite figure it out I think that's a horse maybe it's a spindle looks like that Apple me racks it's hard when they've been a little bit eroded so that was our shell tour I didn't get those massive shells but you know what it was a beautiful day those domes were really cool and look here well why not end our little tour with some dolphins not gonna lie this was super thrilling to see these guys just playing right behind the boat now the tour that we went on we did choose because it was more economical than some of the other tours we went on the tour from sand dollar shelling they do mention that they're gonna provide a dolphin show at the end of every tour and sure enough they did I don't you know there's gonna be time so maybe it doesn't happen but we were really lucky when I was in a good spot oh it was so cool it's so funny to see him come out they come out sometimes kind of sideways they're definitely playing having fun great way to end the day so cool there was a couple of them so it was really really really fun to watch them so now our trip is winding down I just want to remind you if you do go on a tour make sure you bring your shoes maybe a long-sleeve shirt obviously your sunscreen because it is beautiful out on the water get lots of Sun so we started up in Goodland up here that's where the boat ramp was we came down and around and saw the dome homes that's where the dome homes are then we came up here and parked the boat and then we were able to wander all along the shoreline there so that's where we were and we got our shells and this was our hull not too bad again not what I expected but super grateful that I did get to get these I got to see the dome homes and those really cool dolphins fun was had by all so thank you so much for watching please remember to subscribe so you don't miss any of the beachy goodness that I provide every week