Welcome back to #TravelThursday. 6½ years ago on Monday February 20TH 2017 (Presidents’ Day here in the U.S.A.) I visited Cedar Key Florida along the Nature Coast (the “Big Bend” region) for the first and only time.
Back then this blog was solely on Facebook. Here’s what I wrote about that visit a few weeks after:
We’re up to Day 6 now of my recent 1,226.5-mile “Spring Break Florida Road-Trip”. Coming out of Tallahassee at dawn on a Monday morning in February (Presidents’ Day in fact) I took U.S. 27 eastward (eventually joined by U.S. 98) into Perry, and then I continued on U.S. 98 through the Big Bend region. My first stop was my very first visit ever to the Cedar Keys. About 700 residents live on the main tiny island full-time, but the population swells to over a thousand during the winter “snowbird” season. I spent over an hour touring Cedar Key Museum State Park. It includes two museum buildings, a raw nature trail, and the rocky Gulf Of Mexico coastline. Oh yeah – and lots of biting bugs.
Fun Fact: Making a cameo appearance above is my very first Honda Civic – a 2015 LX. (I now own my 3RD Honda Civic.)
Cedar Key Museum State Park, the islands, and the surrounding area was recently devastated by the effects of Category-3 Hurricane Idalia. For the latest news and information regarding Cedar Key visit their Chamber Of Commerce home page.
Next #TravelThursday I’ll introduce you to “Pioneer Daze 2023”. Let’s keep traveling together.
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