Aye, Maties!
Chris and I have overheard others talking about a place called Shipwreck Beach for quite some time now, so we decided to venture out this Labor Day weekend on an treasure hunting adventure! While not in search of gold or silver (as nice a find as that might be!!), sea glass and glass floats are the "treasure" that most beachcombers return with from this particular site. Therefore, my goal was to create a large sea glass display in our bathroom with the pieces we planned to find...although not quite the $600 Spanglish version. ;)
Based upon the massive mountain of shells we saw upon our approach, the location appeared to be an old port used by scallop fishermen. Quite the scallop holocaust....
As you can imagine, the smell was not so pleasant and therefore our gawking over the evidence of the gianormous scallop massacre last only long enough to get these two shots. Other people appeared brave enough to scramble up the side of the thing, but I didn't care to come away smelling like I had just come from the fish market or mess around with the nasty looking eight-legged inhabitants that made the bed of shells their permanent home. I HATE spiders.
Moving on towards the beach, we spotted the first of a series of old ships lining the shore:
And here I began my hunt, scanning the sands and combing through the rocks in search of the white, green, blue, and more specifically, rare pieces of amber sea glass:
At some point, Chris abandoned all care for his tennis shoes and waded in the water to search in some unexplored territory. You'd think we'd have been smart enough to bring sandals...
We filled our pockets with as much "loot" as they could hold, and then we worked our way back down the shoreline to get some close-up photographs of the beautiful old ships.
Here's a shot from beneath:
Below:
And a few alongside:
Stay tuned for more Dudley Family Labor Day adventures! Next stop....the Ryusendo Caves!
I hear there's bats.... :)
~ Amanda
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