3-18-16: We're in out last 3 days here at Cedar Key, FL. and really have enjoyed this quaint little Florida town. If you want a place to come and just relax without any of the high tourism, no high rises, no city traffic, no rush atmosphere, beautiful kayaking, and great food, you need to come to Cedar Key. It really is the old Florida community. The past couple days we've had rain and very cloudy. The humidity is in the 90% and temps hover around mid 70s and low 80s. Makes for quite the sauna, but it beats the winter weather in Colorado. We've enjoyed ourselves here with our wonderful friends from Michigan, Brad and Janine. They are a lot of fun to hang out with. Brad and I have done some fishing, but haven't caught the big one yet. Lots of catfish, spotted sea trout (too small), a few stingrays, and a few whiting (keepable). It's been fun and very relaxing. We have done some more kayaking up the coast and had the opportunity to see the majestic manatee. Roberta saw a momma manatee with her calf right up close. If you want, you can even swim with the manatee which we saw people doing. From what I've heard manatee do occasionally capsize kayaks. They have no qualms about coming up right underneath you and flipping you over. Fortunately we didn't experience that on our trips. The food is this area of Florida is fantastic. Especially all the different kinds of sea food. We have to keep up with our biking, kayaking, and walking just to keep the pounds off after eating so well. On Monday we head over to Orlando, FL. where we will spend 10 days with our daughter Jennifer and granddaughter's Lily and Macie. We pick them up at the airport on Tuesday. We're getting very excited to seeing them and taking them to the beaches near Cape Canaveral. I've posted a few more pictures from our adventures here at Cedar Key. Enjoy...
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| Trent (left) keeping close tabs of where the cat is. |
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| Roberta kayaking along the bayou looking for manatee |
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| Beautiful day, beautiful companion. |
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| Roberta going into the bayou. I warned her about snakes. |
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| Snakes, what snakes??? I'm coming out. |
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| Kayaking up the Suwannee River |
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| Roberta captured this momma manatee with her 10 day old baby.. |
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| People do live along the bayous. |
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| Nice picture. Not the feet either. |
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| Unlucky catfish. He did get to go back into the gulf. |
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| Brad with a fishing companion. Always waiting for a handout. |
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| Mr. Pelican got tire of waiting for Brad to catch something. |
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| Dinner at Steamers on Cedar Key |
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| Roberta's fish and chips. Oh, can't forget the "Diet" Pepsi. |
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Bruce had blackened Mahi Mahi, hushpuppies, baked potato,
and Roberta's coleslaw. |
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| Another beautiful sunset from our camp |
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| Campfires almost every evening here in the park |
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Every Friday we have potluck dinner followed by our very
own park musicians. Brad is on the far left. Great music.. |
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| Bruce shaved off his beard. Back to the youthful look. |
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Bruce rescuing a turtle from getting smashed.
He (turtle) was a little pissed, literally. |
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| Preparing to kayak with the manatee. |
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| Our first ever manatee. Portion of his tail was cut off. |
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| Up close and personal with a manatee. |
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Bruce exiting the bayou. Just after this picture was
taken Bruce saw a snake curled up on a log. No more bayou excursions. |
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| Bruce in attack mode. |
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| Vegitation is awesome to see. Lots of moss on trees. |
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| Getting a little sun on the feet while kayaking. |
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Dear friends Janine and Brad.
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