Barefoot Beach, FL

We Just Love BAREFOOT BEACH AND BONITA BEACH - Oh Yeah Love Captiva and Sanibel - FMB - Naples Pier ..Etc...Just Relocated here from Boston and LOVING IT!!! Can't wait til it snows in Boston so we can irrate the family by splashing in the water here...lol

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Hello Folks,

Last night was a great night for walking the beach. One of the first nights in quite some time that we did not have thundershowers. Barefoot beach is a great place to walk because few people go out there. Typically it costs $8.00 to visit this county park, but they stop collecting the fee at 5:00pm in the evenings, so if you go out after 5:00pm, it is free to enter.

Here are some pics from last night's walk on barefoot beach....

A small Sea Urchin..

Howdy folks,

The last sunset of the month for May turned out to be quite nie. This past week was a loosy week for watching sunsets due to all the rain we have had in the area. As everyone knows, each sunset is different, so is each day spent walking the beach. As the tides rise and fall they either wash away sand or deposit more sand on the beach. The wave action also brings in shells or washes them back out into the gulf.

Below are some picture from tonights visit to the beach right before sunset......

Here is a view looking south toward the end of Barefoot Beach at Wiggins Pass..

View looking North up Barefoot Beach

Hello Folks,

Went out to Barefoot Beach to check out this evening sunset. Unfortunately, sunset wasn't very exciting since the sun ended up slipping behind a bank of clouds, but the walk on the beach was still quite nice. Sunset and Low Tide ended up being at the same time of day, which made walking the beach quite nice.

Below is a picture of a Duck on the beach. In 20+ years of walking the beaches down here, I have never seen a Duck on the beach, but HEY ... there is a first for everything.

Looking North down Barefoot Beach at low tide

Below is a picture of a Stingray in the water. From May 1st to October 1st is Stingray Season on the Gulf Coast Beaches. If you are wading out into the water it is best to shuffle your feet so that you do not step on these guys. They can be quite painfull.

Sunset

May 21, 2009

Hello Folks,

Went out to Barefoot Beach this evening to watch the sunset and get a little exercise walking the beach. Here are a few pictures from this evening visit.....

This first picture is of a Sea Turtle's nest which has been protected. It is not uncommon for communities along the gulf coast to have volunteer groups that patrol the beach early each morning looking for fresh Turtle nests. When found they tape off the nest and put a screen over it to protect the eggs from Raccoons and other animals. Sea Turtle nesting season starts the first of May.

Below is a Fiddler Crab. Our beaches in Southwest Florida do not have many of these.