Dave's Yak Tales

Cedar Key Sunset

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Labor/Day/Weekend,Cedar/Key,Day1

Day/1/of/a/four/day/weekend.//Including,the/4th/Annual,NationalKayakingDay.
 Made/the/usual/first/strop/at/the/Levy/County,WacasassaBoatRamp.//Busy/at/7AM
Must have/been five/or six/boats/launching/asI/prepared to/embark.//Underway
at7:14.
All/the/boats/went west,towards the/Gulf.//The/kayak/went east.
 At/the/Wacasassa-Wekiva.confluence,the kayak,bore right,up the/Wekiva



Turnedaround/at8:20











If/you/are/wondering/about/winged creatures/other than/Palmedes/swallowtails...
I/did see/a/couple ibis,anhinga,yellow crowned/night/heron,prothonotary/warbler,and/pileated/woodpeckers.//Sorry,
no/photos.///I/shall/attempt/to/rectify/that,now.//Batteries,physicalandlithum,are
recharged,Badgers/are/at/the/half.17-0.///Gotta love/the/WWWW.Compose/the/Yak
Tale,and,listen/to/the/game/onWTMJ.
I'm/back.//I/see/Wisconsin/won,45-0.//Rose Bowl!
Speaking/of/back,,white pelicans/are.//Mine,is sore,not painful.

Back/to/the/Wekiva.







Up/the/Wekiva.






 Two/alligators,one/above,theother,below




 Bird photo!///Ibis
My favorite/fubleepingtree


Landed/at10:40.//Tide in,river even/with/the low/part/of/the dock.//If/my back
wasn't/sore,would have/used it.//But,would/have/meant/a/longer carry//And,
twisting to/get out.//Used/the/concrete ramp,instead.

Stopped/at the/CedarKeyScrubPreseve,on the/way into/town.

"All'=log trucks
I/stopped,because/I/thought/it may/have been/to early/for my/room/to/be/ready.//I/was/wrong.
I/like/Park Place.//Can't/beat/a/place/where/the/desk clerk/sees/you/walk in,slides the/room receipt
across/to be/signed,and says,"The room/is ready"//Before noon.


Big balcony


Too lazy/to/walk upstairs.//You've/seen it/before.//This is,at least/my third
time in/Unit331.
 Back/on/the/water/at1:50










No dolphins/off/Cemetery/Point.


Two weeks/ago,I/saw/a/lone/white pelican/past the/Number3/Bridge,and asked,
"Stragglerorscout"//Scout.

 Oyster catcher


One/group/of pelicans.//More/pics/on the/way back.
 Rosette/spoonbill.//Oneof/10/orso/that/flewby.//Oneand/twoat/atime.





Found/the/landing/strip/for/one/spoonbill.









 Tide/going/out


 A/bit/wavy/on/the/Gulf
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Landed/at/4:20.
 Cocktail/hour.Photo/for/show,too/hot/to/sit/outside
Dinner.

Bike/ride,into/the/sunset.








A/prettygood/day.Three/more/to/go.