Saturday, March 20, 2021

Cedar Key day 2.


First, a little history. In the mid 1800s Cedar Key was an industrial center. The Cedar trees that gave the town its name supplied wood for a large pencil factory. Florida's first coast to coast railroad had its Gulf terminus here. The town boomed for 30 years after the civil war but it all came to an abrupt end when in 1896 a hurricane devastated the town. Locals have ever since subsisted on a little fishing and a little tourism. Today, Jenny and I toured the Key on our bikes and finished that up with another seafood lunch. This afternoon I yakked for a couple of hours. The tide was not conducive to paddling until around 3.

This park is somewhat eclectic in that it has tiny houses, shipping containers, tiny trailers and tent glamping. We move tomorrow. 

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