Sanibel Island Review

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Sanibel Island

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Sanibel Island, is famous as one of the world's best shelling grounds, a function of the unusual east-west orientation of the island's south end. Just as the tide is going out and after storms, the pickings can be superb, and shell seekers with the telltale "Sanibel stoop" patrol every beach carrying bags of conchs, whelks, cockles, and other bivalves and gastropods. (Remember, it's unlawful to pick up live shells.) Away from the beach, flowery vegetation decorates small shopping complexes, pleasant resorts and condo complexes, mom-and-pop motels, and casual restaurants. But much of the narrow road down the spine of the island is bordered by nature reserves that have made Sanibel as well known among bird-watchers as it is among seashell collectors.

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