Sunday, February 24, 2013

Cedar Key,-Clam Capital


Cedar Key
What a quaint small town with no franchises. Keys are low islands made of coral and shells in shallow waters of Florida.  This town is famous for being the clam capital of the USA thanks to Southern Cross Sea Farm who raises and harvests clams and ships them across the US.  Clams are microscopic at first so they are raised in tanks for 6 months old. then they put them in net bags in the shallow waters where the clams dig down into the sand.  18 months later crews pull up the bags.  Our tour guide said they plant as many as they harvest each month.
 
 So of course we ate at Clammers, upstairs on the balcony overlooking the pier.   Mike had steamed clams in wine and garlic sauce.  I had a breaded oyster po'boy.  We fed French fries to the seagulls until we got in trouble; thus the pictures with the birds so close.   We signed up for a boat sightseeing trip to two uninhabited keys. Since 2PM was full we opted for sunset.  After sunning for a while and people watching --a 70 year old bald sun worshipper in 1973 short trunks although Mike was surely more interested in the young black bikini shaking out her towel; we drove up the Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge.  Actually had to cancel the boat tour cuz explored too far away to get back by 5.











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