Sunday, April 8, 2012

CEDAR KEY TRANQUILITY -- PART 8


FIND OLD FLORIDA IN CEDAR KEY


Cedar Keyhole Artist Co-Op and Gallery, located in the 2nd Street Historic District in a lovingly restored 19th century building, boasts of its accessibility on-line. 

Dozens of artists have their wares on display in the barrier-free first floor gallery beneath the big open porch above.

My wife, Heidi, found a beautiful Old Florida-style sea glass necklace at a very reasonable price.

In a city filled with quaint wooden docks, piers and buildings, Cedar Key's fishing pier is not pretty.

But the massive concrete structure is 100 percent accessible with a large, wide turn ramp leading up to several sections of pier that jut out into the blue, seafood-filled waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The pier is free of charge and has barrier-free restroom facilities. 

Even if you're not an angler, the pier provides magnificent views of the Dock Street restaurants, pubs, shops and barrier islands in the Gulf.

Travelers cross several bodies of water and bridges on the way to Cedar Key's isolated spit of seaside land. 

A word of caution: visitors tend to soar over these bridges on their way into town and the slow-land locals don't appreciate big city speeders.

Maintain the limit or risk paying a hefty speeding fine.

STORY CONTINUES TOMORROW -- APRIL 9

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