The/day began/at7:02.///Well,just before.//Did/have to/put some/clothes on/and cross/the street.
360video.Pat.Pending
View/of/balcony.
View/from/balcony
Breakfast,DianaNyad/updates,on the/water at/9:40
Two dolphins/were/out there.
Paddled past/Dock Street/and/the/fishing dock/for/the/first time/all weekend.
Atsena/Otie/Key
I/wanted/to/paddle/to/SeaHorse/Key.//But,the wind/was constant,the/chop
increased/once past/the protection/of/Astnena/Otie,an/would/get/worse/once/past/Way Key(Cedar Key),so,Iturned/around.
Seahorse/Key,above,Astena/Otie,below/
Tide/in,so/I/paddled/through,instead/of,around/AstenaOtie
Pilings/from/the/1890's?//A/hurricane/destroyed/the/town.//1896,I/think.
If/the/interior/of/AstenaOtie,was/deep/enough/to/paddle,so/would/the/interior/of/Way Key.
A/place/names/reminder.//The/Cedar Keys/are/a/group/of/island's/onFlorida'sGulf/Coast
south/of/theSuwanee,and/north/of/the/Waccasassa/River.//CedarKey,the/city,originaly/was
on/Astena/OtieKey.//Since/the1896/hurricane,the/town/has/been/onWayKey./Got/it?
High/tide/means/spoonbills/roosting/in/the/mangroves,not/stalking/the/mudflats
Time/to/find/more.
On/to/the/next/spoonbill/spot
'
Landed/at/12:50.//Thought/of/leaving/the/kayak/on/the/beach,but,wheeled/it/back/to/the/rack.
Kayak/rack,not/rack/as/in/crib.
Birds,outside/the/door
How/the/AC/works.//Crystal River/nuke/plant.--Actually,the/power/is/from/coal
the/nuclear/plant/was/shut/down
Ate/lunch,composed/the/beginning/of/this/Tale,read/and/saw/what/people/posted
about/Diana/Nyad's/epic/Cuba/to/Key West,swim.//I/have/family/in/Key West,people
I/know/were/involved/in/the/effort.//From/kayak/escort/to/captaining/the/support
boats/to/reporting/for/NPR.
On/the/bike/at3:20
If/the/Cedar Key/Sharks,met/the/SugarloafElementry/Sharks,who/would/prevail?
For/family/reasons,I/say/Sugarloaf
Cedar Key/State/Museum//A/nice/stop/Amazing/how/hot/one/can/get/on/a/2/mile/ride,
in/Florida/on/an/early/September/late/afternoon.//AC/at/the/museum
Sunday,I/wrote/I/paddled/to/Scale Key.//Looking/at/the/above/map,I/landed/at/Cedar
Point
This1770's/chart/may/have/been/made/in/the/summer
as/it/notes/"muddy water"//The/near shore/waters/are
brown/from/lots/of/summer/rain/and/runoff/
coming/in/from/the/Suwanee-St.Johns
on/the/map.
19thCentury/hype
Confederate/salt/kettle
St.Clair/Whitman/house.//Mr.Whitman's shell/and/arrowhead/collection/are/the
basis/of/the/Museum.
Told/a/friend/I/thought/of/her/when/I/saw/the/old/piano.///Although/for
Stephanie,a/harpsichord/or/organ/would/have/been/perfect.
Lots/of/inventory
Back/outside,a/trail/leads/to/the/water
La/Florida
Main/museum/building.//Below,silly.
Off/for/more/exploring.
Dan,the/cemetery/also'has/a/Cannon/plot.
Boardwalk/across/the/salt marsh
Apparently/the/cemetery/is/also/a/boat/graveyard.
No/dolphins/at/the/overlook.
I'm/sure/Cannon's/Gourmet Honey/is/the finest,but,I/did not/purchase/any at/Sandy's
Produce.//Did get/clams/mahi,and corn
Back home.//More balcony/views
Put/clams/in/the/beans/and rice
Joanne/commented/that/I/am/not/eating/enough/veggies.//In/my/book,I/have/4.
Corn,beans,onion,and,not seen,hops.//
I/had/seconds.//Then,a/sunset/paddle.
Sat/on/the/kayak/to change/footwear,and saw/a/rainbow.//It/had/no rained/on me.//Bonus!
As/it/had/all/weekend/the/southwest/breeze/made/it/a/challenge/to/paddle/and/photo.
Somehow,I/managed.
Paddled/back.//Tide/was/out/so/instead/of/a/long/carry/at/the/beach/I/set/course
for/the/ramp/in/the/Marina
Landed/at/8
Avoided/walking/through/this.
Balcony view,8:20
Mahi/and humus/on/marble rye.
Went/for/a/late/night/walk
Dock Street/almost empty/at/11:00PM//Only people,a/group on/the patio/at the
Seabeeze.//After work/party perhaps/as the/front door/was locked
Not/much/going on/at/Park Place,either.//The upper/light/is/my room.
I/was/looking for/the darkest/spot to/stargaze.//Best/I/could/do/was/the street
behind/Park Place.//Asphalt warm/as/I/laid in/the middle/of the/road gazing
heavenward.
Unfortunately,my camera/is not/a/star
performer.
Wonderful pictures, as always.
ReplyDeleteBeer is a vegetable? Alllllright!!!
Actually,beer,is/liquid/bread.
ReplyDeleteFrom/theBeerAdvocate:
Humulus Lupulus (hops) are the flowering cone of a perennial vining plant and a cousin of the cannabis variety (sorry no THC in this stuff) that typically thrives in climates similar to the ones that grapes do. Hop plants are dioecious, meaning the males and females flower on separate plants -- and the female cones are used in the brewing process. Hops are the age old seasoning of the beer, the liquid gargoyles who ward-off spoilage from wild bacteria and bringers of balance to sweet malts. They also lend a hand in head retention, help to clear beer (acting as a natural filter) and please the palate by imparting their unique characters and flavours. Basically, hops put the "bitter" in beer. ...Flowers,vine-sounds/like/a/veggie
to/me