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Yeah, I know it's kind of overkill to create three videos of this, but the heavy machinery produced such an interesting contrast with the beach, that I just found it all mesmerizing. And I just couldn't fit all the neat video, to me anyway, in a single video here. Besides, I took the videos in 4K, so what is not to like here? Heavy machinery and a beautiful beach!

Anyway, these videos were taken mid May, 2017.
This was just a lucky stroke for us. Planned on staying on Sanibel Island near Bowman Beach, and didn't know a thing about this dredging going on. When we got down there, the outflow for the dredging operation was dumping sand and shells (LOTS of shells!) on the west part of Bowman Beach. Talk about a bonanza!

Video #3 has some still photos of just some of the shells we found while I happened to have my camera in hand. Which I didn't do very often, because rain storms popped up without warning on many of the days we were there.

Of course there was a downside to this. The dredging really messed up the water for a while, and I didn't get to do nearly as much snorkeling as I had hoped. Which is probably just as well, because I just might have gotten sick of picking up shells sooner or later. Did I mention that there were a LOT of shells there?

Video taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000.

Spent a few hours walking the beach on St. George Island. Took along the Sony RX10 iv camera and shot some 4K video and photos with it. All in all a nice day, but Connie and I did get some pink on our shoulders. Hadn't planned on being out there long, but you know how that goes when walking the beach just looking for shells and sand dollars.