Cedar Key Sunday

Got up and out for the sunrise this morning.

 Not from the kayak.  From a bench on the seawall.  Maybe I should stand up.

That's better

 Moved to the floating dock at the old boat ramp for a different perspective

 

 

 

Another vantage point

 

 

Went back to bed, but not to sleep.  Less than an hour later, back outside for a walk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cedar Key skyscraper

 

 

 Tabby display.  The oyster shell based material used to build some of the early buildings in Cedar Key.

 

 

 

 

 

I was trying to concentrate on doors

 

 

 Purple plants at the Park Place picnic area

My door. Kind of bland.

 Balcony knicknaks

 

Above 80 at 8:30.  Breakfast was inside.

 Checked out at 11. On the water at 11:24

 

 

Dolphin off Dog Island

 

There were about 5 of them.

 

video

 

another

 

This appears to be new lease site. For clam farming.  Or, I was farther out than I thought.  Just after I took the picture, a manatee surfaced.  Just once.  Giving me the Florida Trifecta for the weekend.  Alligator, dolphin, manatee.

 

Shell mound on the unnamed key (as far as I know) south of Scale Key

 

It was very land. I was ready to land. But, it was low tide.  So, instead of landing and having to drag or carry the kayak a long way, I kept paddling.

 Wreck in the Number 2 Channel high and dry

 

Oyster reef I paddle over at high tide in search of roosting spoonbills.

Low tide means wading, not roosting.

 Exception that proves the rule

 

 

 

 

 

See the pink dot? Spoonbill in flight

I knew I'd find spoonbills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Landed at Cemetery Point.  Figured eating lunch would give more time for the tide to come in

Just a sample of the hundreds of fiddler crabs.

 The Point

 The Cemetery

 

 Boat graveyard

 

 

 Back in the yak

 Fiddler crabs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landed at 4:10.   The tide was in.

 Ready to leave. Well, not ready, but I don't get paid for kayaking and sharing these Tales.  I will not reject donations.

I'll be back.