Adventures In Paradise sponsors Shelling Cruise to help raise funds for the Sanibel Shell Museum

Oct. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- The trip on Saturday, November 6 will be led by Sanibel's leading shell expert, Dr. José H. Leal, director/curator for the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. Dr. Leal will assist with shell identification as well as lead a discussion on mollusks and the environment. Adventures In Paradise will donate all event proceeds to the museum.

Participants will board a 45 foot powered catamaran and enjoy a beautiful one hour cruise through the intracoastal waterway to North Captiva beaches accessible only by boat or plane, you will watch dolphins at play and shell along pristine beaches that only few have the opportunity to experience.

After the shelling adventure, the boat will stop for lunch at Barnacle Phil’s, located on North Captiva Island. Their menu features Caribbean island favorites including seafood chowder, black beans and yellow rice, and jerk-style fresh fish and chicken. The group will return to port at about 3 p.m. Tickets are $65 for non-museum members and $55 for museum members. Lunch is not included in the price of the tickets. To make a reservation for this special outing, call Adventures In Paradise at 472-8443. You may also visit http://www.adventuresinparadiseinc.com.

"Dedicated community business leaders — such as Evelyn Stewart — have provided both the service and financial support necessary for the Shell Museum to reach a milestone 15-year anniversary on Nov. 18,” Dr. Leal said. The mission of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is to educate about shells and mollusks, the shell-makers, through exhibits, educational programs, library services and publications. Draw further awareness of nature and the natural environment and to promote collection-based research on shells and mollusks with emphasis on Southwest Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Established on Sanibel Island in 1986, Adventures in Paradise Cruises hopes to bring you our love of the sea: dolphins, manatee, sea otters, seahorses and shelling throughout the waters surrounding Sanibel & Captiva Islands! Serving all of SWFL Florida!