Monday
Another cold front was coming in even though the previous nasty weather seemed to be hanging around. Seemed like a good day to get out of town. We decided to drive to Crystal River. We found really nice homes with lovely water access but there wasn't much available for public use.
Weekie Wachee Springs, famous for its mermaid shows, was down the road so we headed that way. Our friend, T, spoke fondly of visiting Weekie Wachee as a child, so we went in his honor. Sadly, it was closed on Mondays.
After much searching for food and/or coffee, we found Bob's Kitchen, a hole-in-the-wall place. From there, our luck changed a bit and we found Hernando Beach. It was not exciting but more interesting than anything else we'd seen that day. Pete's Landing was on the road to Hernando Beach so we hung out there for awhile. There was another eagle with an eglet in her nest. Lots of wood storks were all over the fishing access area. They were homely, slow-witted looking birds but fun to take pictures of. A man was nearby, fishing with a casting net, and caught a bunch of fish. The wood stork I was photography burst into life and, quick as a flash, flew to the net and snapped up the largest fish then was gone. A blue heron immediately tried to take the fish away from the wood stork but the savvy woodstork flew into the middle a bunch of his buddies and ate the fish in peace. This was the most excitement we'd experienced in days.
We stopped at some kind of nature park on the way home. Thousands of children running around the place. After standing in line for quite a while, I wanted to bail so we left. It was still cold, cold, cold.
I stopped at Robinson's Fish Market on the way back to Cedar Key. Bought smoked mullet and a large number of fresh clams. I had to cook the clams a few at a time in a little saucepan but they were excellent.
We watched the silly movie, Zombieland, and went to bed. During the night, I went downstairs, didn't see the last step on the stairs and fell. I thought I'd broken my ankle because it looked like it was sideways in an unnatural position. After a while, the pain stopped and all was well. I'm counting no broken ankle as a big plus.
A lovely but stern mermaid
A Wood Stork
Pete's Landing
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