On a cool, rainy, cloudy, windy day in June 2022, Terri and I rode the ferry from the docks in the harbor of Beaufort, NC, out into Taylors Creek toward Shackleford Banks, to Sand Dollar Island. This is a standard tourist run that takes a small boat load of people to Sand Dollar multiple times a day. The island is not much to look at - just a spit of sand with no plants. Its claim to fame is that many sand dollar creatures live in the area and leave their shells on the island. Of course, all the thousands of tourists over the years have picked the island pretty clean of shells, leaving mostly sand and salt water.
We had an enjoyable time searching for shells, including those left by other creatures. Today, Terri sharted her on-going hobby of collecting teeny, tiny shells of different sorts. Back at home, she puts them in shadow box frames and glass jars to display in our sunroom. We had a good time and may go back again.
