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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