Cedar Key Sunday

Up with the sunrise, Sunday.

 

 

On foot, not kayak.

Nothing like clams and gator and red snapper for breakfast

 Must have been choppy as I launched, as I don't have the usual first pic from the beach shot.

 

High tide, time to look for roosting roseate spoonbills.

Found them

 

 

 

 

 

Always good to have a landmark 

 

 Number 3 Bridge

 

Too early in the day to look like this.

 Turned my head for a brighter view

Cemetery Point

 

 Tide beginning to go out. Spoonbills and an oyster catcher on an oyster be.

 

The threatening skies opened up.  Fortunately, I was near Old Fenimore Mill, so I landed there.

Stood on the cover dock until it let up.  Choppy on the Gulf, so I wheeled the yak back to Park Green.  About 3 blocks.

 Inside when it came down hard

Clearing skies

 Time for a bike ride.

 

 

 

 

 Osprey thinks, "All my life I've lived in a nest atop a tree. Now this would be nice!"

 

 

 

Build a deck, save a palm.

 Cemetery Point boardwalk

 

 

 

On one of my first visits to the boardwalk, I saw a spoonbill.  Not sure if I have seen one since.  So, this was nice.

 

 This is cool.

 Never saw one before

Box turtle, I thought.  I knew I could verify it later.

 fiddler crabs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Verified my box turtle.  Park Place has a wall of nature information.

 

A two hour or so break in the AC, back on the Gulf at 6

Atsena Otie Key

 

 

 

 

 

Paddled around the Key

 

 

 

 

 

 Ruins of the original town of Cedar Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did not abscond with any artifacts.

Older then the 19th century pencil factory remains.  Native American shell midden.

Across the water, present day Cedar Key

Paddling along the beach, I saw a sandal, beer car, a water bottle.  Damn people, no respect for a wildlife refuge.  What about you,  Dave?

 I landed, and picked it up

Walked the beach, picking up more.

 

 Crab

End of the sand

 

19th century railroad ties.  What else could they be?

 

 

 

 5 to 8. Thirty five minutes to kill until sunset

 Unless the weather kills me first.

As on Saturday night, a storm came in just before sunset. Two-three foot swells, which is big for Cedar Key  No pictures until after I landed.

As I wheeled then kayak to Park Place, a police sergeant lowered the City Park place to half staff.  Why? I asked.  "Mr. Hodges died".   Cedar Key mayor, and long time state representative.  From an old Cedar Key family.  The Cedar Key State Museum is on Hodges St. 

Colorful character

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But, what do you expect from Cedar Key?