Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com I don’t know how I missed this one. Busy schedule, I guess. But I walked out onto Treasure Island beach on Tuesday, several days after the competition, and saw all these sand sculptures in the distance in front of the Bilmar Beach Resort. So I took a walk up […]
Poste by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com It’s going on RIGHT NOW! The 2009 23rd American Sandsculpting Championship and Beach Festival on Fort Myers Beach. I was there two years a go and really enjoyed talking to the artists and seeing their incredible sculptures. It’s WAY beyond sandcastles. Here’s a video I shot with VISITFLORIDA to […]
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Alligators and crocodiles are not normally part of the typical beach crowd, but back in June several of these large reptilians were spotted in the Cocoa Beach area, reportedly hunting for sea turtle eggs. I happened to be in Melbourne Beach at the time, to watch the sea turtles […]
By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com A few weeks ago I got a question on this blog asking me to compare Captiva Island with Don Pedro Island. I gave the best answer I could, given my limited experiences on these beautiful islands. But other readers, like Sandy, Doris, and Sandy Dan, chimed in and have contributed […]
Here’s another cell phone photo update from lifeguard Curtis Mcfee from Anna Maria Island. His sister has sculpted a sea turtle in the beach sand. Note the turtle “shell.” Sand sculpting is quite an art form and attracts lots of talented people. A year or so ago I filmed a short sandsculpting video with VISITFLORIDA […]
One of the first things I noticed when I got serious about exploring Florida’s beaches is the tremendous variety of sand types that make up the beaches. There’s brown sand, gray sand, white sand, black sand, and combinations of all types. I’ve put together a page of photographs that illustrate many of the varieties of […]
People get really creative when they are on vacation. I come upon all kinds of sand sculptures while walking along the beach. Here is a nice one I found while taking an evening walk on Sunset Beach, which is at the south end of Treasure Island, in Pinellas County, FL. The words, FLORIDA ’08 are […]
