Merry Christmas From Cedar Key

Santa sunrise

 I was on the water before sunrise. 7:12 AM. Mr. Claus had been working all night

 

Big chimneys in the distance. Crystal River power plant.

 

 Sunrise was at 7:24

 

 

Distant chimneys. Crystal River power plant

 

 

 

 

 

 Tide much too low to paddle past the wreck

 

 

Scaups

 

 

 Landed at 8:20

 No presents under the tree for me

View from the balcony of room 331

 10:41, a bike ride begins

 

 Holly?

 

 

Cemetery Point boardwalk

 

 Evidence of a fire.  Looked like a prescribed burn, as it was on one side of the sidewalk.  Something a wildfire could easily cross. It was

 

 Always good to visit family on Christmas.   Actually, no relation.  So far as I know.

 

 

"Meet You At The Dock"

 

 

 

Tombstones are fascinating bits of history

 Some more recent

 

 "Baby O'Neal"

"Boy-Girl O'Neal"

 

 Back biking

Spoonbill!

 

 Warning/Memorial. Pilots may lose your horizon taking off over the Gulf.

 

 

A welcome sight after a bumpy flight

 

 

 Catch of the day

 

 Shell Mound

Low tide

 

"A little help!"

Santa with his sleigh

 Note to self. Hit the save key before taking a shower. 1-5-15

 Landed at noon, had lunch, headed to Astena Otie Key at 1:35

 

Looking for eagles

 

 

 

 Landed, walked the trail into the inteerior

 

 

 

 A list of the interred.

This is where I was when the system crashed this morning. View from the back of the grave yard

 

 

 

Cistern?

 

Industrial ruins

 

 

 

Santa was waiting

 

 

 

 

 Number 2 Channel

 

In the black crowned night heron rookery

 

 With great egrets and ibis

 

 

 Santa had to be careful his stocking cap did not get caught in the mangroves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landed just before 6.