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Cedar Key Sunset

Monday, February 12, 2024

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Made a stop at the Kendall Hospital to visit a family member before heading to the Keys on Friday the 9th
Canal banks are a bit steep, but in a pinch...
I was back on the road at 12:20. Traffic was heavy. Miami peope taking Friday afternoon off and heading to the Keys.
I put the kayak in the water off Long Beach Road, on the northeast end of Big Pine Key. It was 3:20
Cormorants, ibis, and blue herons
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Hoped to see some Key Deer. I did not.
Landed at 5:51.
The "No to Everything" sign was not there when I first launched a kayak, from the end of Long Beach Road in September, 2009. First time I saw Key deer. The launch was a bit dicey, "The tide had gone out, more of the shore exposed. I sank to my thighs, slogging to shore. Covered with mud, I reached firm ground. The wrong firm ground. My launch point was about 15 yards south of where I landed. The mangroves were to thick to get through. So back in the ooze. To the launch point. Through more muck, not as deep. Now I was glad for the rain, as it cleaned things up, a little. Good thing I had plenty of water and lots of dry clothes."
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