Today we kayaked out to Atsena Otie Key, offshore from Cedar Key. It was the original location of the town of Cedar Key, and also the Faber Pencil Mill. A couple of hurricanes in the late 1890's destroyed almost everything, and the town was moved to its current location. We found a hiking trail that took us to the old cemetery, and also past some of the leftover foundation ruins of the pencil factory. It is a beautiful, natural island. I'm going to mostly just post the pictures we all took today.
In all it was about a 4 mile kayak trip to go to the island, go around it, and get back to Cedar key. A three hour tour....
There it is, in the distance!
Looking back at Cedar Key
Anyone a "Lost" fan???
Some of the ruins of the pencil factory
We took a break to eat our lunches that we packed.
No Brad... I packed you a sandwich.
Then we continued on around the island by kayak.
We made it back!!
A really great day, but boy, did I need a nap when we got back!
Tonight's sunset
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