Park Place Motel

Cedar Key Park is on the beach. On the other side of Cedar Key Park is the Park Place Motel. We first stayed at this motel in December of 1988. Had a great time. Went back several times over the years. If you can get a room on the second or third floor, you can look out over the park and the water. It appears to have been made into a condominium, but still rents out units. Give it a try if you visit Cedar Key. Great fun!

Lights out!

Tony's Seafood to Go

And here's how it goes! Dontcha just love golf carts with whitewall tires?

Kayak ready

Safety vest included!

Beautiful house on the bay

This gorgeous place overlooks the bay just to the west of downtown Cedar Key.

Photos by Lois Anne.

At rest as the sun sets

Cedar Key floral arrangement

House for rent - on Main Street

This photo was taken in the evening...the atmosphere was blue!

Foaming at the beach

Between a gift shop and Frog's Landing

On the dock in Cedar Key. These colorful steps lead to a gift shop which is adjacent to a restaurant called Frog's Landing, which I'm pretty sure serves frog legs if you're so inclined.

A look back at the Dock

This is a slightly different version of a photo we posted recently...this one's by Lois Anne.

Rent me to see Cedar Key!

Take only a few sand dollars

Sand dollars are in high demand. Some people take too many and thus diminish the population.

Photo by Lois Anne.

The fall of evening

Photo by Lois Anne. Nikon D40, f/5, 1/100 sec, ISO 400.

The Island Hopper

If you visit Cedar Key, book a sunset cruise with the Island Hopper. You will not, I guarantee, be disappointed!

Photo by Lois Anne. Nikon D40, f/9, 1/320, ISO 200.

Backyard

Looking at the backyard of a small house near the beach.

The Cedar Key grocery store

While there are a couple of small 7-11 type stores in Cedar Key, this is the only grocery store.

Photo by Lois Anne. Nikon D40, f/5.3, 1/15 sec, ISO 200.

Playground and restrooms - at the beach

Photo by Lois Anne. Nikon D40, f11, 1/500, ISO 200.

Cedar Cove from the Dock area

Photo by Lois Anne. Nikon D70 - f11, 1/500.

Maximum sea level

Several people have inquired about houses built on stilts in Cedar Key. As noted, quite often the most severe damage suffered during a hurricane is not from wind but from storm surge.

Water surging ashore can reach quite high levels. Thus, on the beach at Cedar Key, just in front of the condos shown in yesterday's post, is a pole showing maximum sea levels. Note, at the present time it tops out at 12 feet. If a storm surge approaches 12 feet, everything under 12 feet is likely to be washed away or severely damaged.

In many coastal communities, structures are now required to be built on stilts to allow from a maximum storm surge to flow under and through the building.

This photo and yesterday's photo were taken by Lois Anne using a Nikon D40.