Established in 1979, the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge preserves and protects 53,000 acres of an undeveloped river delta/estuarine ecosystem. The refuge is an excellent wildlife habitat of bottomland hardwood swamp, salt marsh, cypress sloughs, pine forest, tidal creeks and off-shore islands fed by a constant influx of nutrients via the Suwannee River. The preserve…
Author: Rob Spera
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Seeing the multitude of islands and thousands of birds left me awestruck while cycling over the bridge leading to Cedar Key. Everywhere I looked I saw tiny islands. The photos show the view looking south from the bridge. The view looking north was just as impressive, a seemingly endless expanse of water and tiny islands…
Lunch in Cedar Key
Cycling from the RV park to Cedar Key was very pleasant and took about an hour. The excellent smooth pavement along with a clean three foot wide shoulder made for a very enjoyable and safe ride. Cedar Key seems to be frozen in time from 50 years ago. The small Mom and Pop places and…
Cedar Key
As dusk approaches, I’m almost finished settling in for a week or two near Cedar Key. Cedar Key in located 140 miles north of the Tampa Bay – St Petersburg metro area where the Florida coastline makes a sharp 90 degree bend westward. Cedar Key is just south of where the Suwannee River flows into…
Sideways
Sampling wines at the Lakeridge Winery in Clermont Florida reminded me of the movie Sideways. Filming of the movie Sideways took place between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo CA. This part of California is near the town of Paso Robles, the town my dear cat Robles is named after. I cycled through the vineyards…