Just spent a few days in Cedar Key. Lots of sun, heat, water, and fun. Hope to post more pictures soon.
Right now my editing is being hampered by Tropical Storm Beryl. Not good!
We certainly had a good time, although we would have liked to stay another week or so - hahaha!
Didn't know this storm was coming through, it's probably a good thing we aren't still there.
Cedar Key hasn't historically done well with storms!
So, we spent a few days at Cedar Key last week. It had been miserably hot here at home, so we thought a few days in the water would be awesome! Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the weather man. The highs were in the low to mid 70's the entire time we were there. So we had to content ourselves with looking at the water.
There were a load of pelicans - down by the pier. Pelicans and seagulls.
The pelicans just kind of took on a life of their own.
They would swim around in the water.
Watching and waiting . . .
. . . then all of a sudden they would lift their wings . . .
. . . lift out of the water . . .
. . . take off like a shot . . .
. . . circle around and ...
. . . nose dive straight into the water. (It looks like the bird to the far left is laughing at the other one - haha!)
Over and over and over again.
We watched as bird after bird did this, then rose straight out of the water to circle around and do it again. Many times they had small fish in their bills.
Then they'd fly straight under the pier, and do it all over again. What a show they put on! And I love this last shot I got with the new lens Mark got me awhile back! Lots of fun, even though it wasn't spent swimming as we had planned. Kali and I did get in the pool a couple times, but after our lips turned blue we got back out again - haha!
I was talking with my nephew Sam on the cell phone today and he told me that he and his wife enjoyed the picture I posted of Cedar Key. (See my last post.) I laughed because I only had time to edit those two shots before my mom got sick and I had to leave home.
Well, I am home for the night and thought I'd post a few more. This is the street along the waterfront of Cedar Key. (Actually the street is shown in the next photo, but I am too tired to fix it.)
Many of the shops have closed up since we were last there. I was really disappointed.
There's always something incredible to see down by the waterfront.
This is my favorite place - hands down! I love Frog's Landing! The sign is a little worse for wear since our last trip, but nothing had changed with the menu!
The decorations are awesome and definitely in keeping with the area.
Except maybe for this guy - lol!
This is their staircase leading up to the second floor where Frog's is located. (Actually, I took this shot coming out - so it is the staircase leading down from Frog's to street level :).)
I love the colors . . .
. . . and all the lines. And the crab bisque! And the chicken/walnut/grape/raisin/pineapple/cranberry salad. Yummo!
Then there are other restaurants and empty buildings.
As you move along the waterline, you start to see places like this. Little houses dotting the waterways here and there. Fishing shacks - really not much more to them than that.
It was a calm day as you can tell by the reflections in the water.
And every once in awhile, you get the chance to see something incredible. Like this. Cedar Key - in the summer. It's the place to be.
This is also my You Capture post for this week. We were able to post photos of anything special to us. To see some more - just visit I Should Be Folding Laundry.
An unassuming building sitting out in the gulf at Cedar Key. Mark and I spent this past week being ... basically ... lazy. Mark fished and rode around in the boat. I floated in a swimming pool for hours on end. It was wonderful. When we rode down by the water, we stopped and visited this shack.
This building is lovingly referred to as The Honeymoon Suite by all the locals. It is the most painted building, the most painted tourist point of interest, the most painted oddity of Cedar Key. Its likeness graces t-shirts, post cards, book covers, painting for your living room, ceramic decorations for your bathroom, men's boxers, ladies nightshirts, kitchen towels, key fobs on key rings, tops of bottle cap openers, and probably many other things that I just didn't have an opportunity to witness - lol!. We've been watching this building slowly sink towards the water for several years now. I find it interesting that one of the windows still has its glass intact, while it looks like the main wall is slowing slipping through the bottom boards and heading for the water. Honeymoon Suite? Not for me. But, the price is definitely right :). Hopefully I'll be posting a few more shots from Cedar Key in the next day or so.
