First stop---Cedar Key, FL

My Mom and Step-dad always loved Cedar Key, a sleepy, slow moving old Florida town of 790 people.  We took them here once when Court's health was failing and he could no longer drive, at least 15 years ago.  And little has changed.  We had heard of this little motel with attached 3 spot RV park and wanted to give it a whirl.  So we came to the Low Key Hideaway Motel and RV Park, an adult only facility.  It is very cool, right on the water, facing west with a killer sunset view out across the bayous and hummocks.  They have a very active Tiki Bar that is open from 4pm to 9pm, and the locals and tourists stream in.  They have several rooms in the motel with kitchen facilities and a community grill and everyone just wanders around the grounds and meander out on the attached dock.  It is owned and run by a couple that used to full-time in their 5th wheel.  It is quite the little "hideaway"!  We are sharing one of the three RV sites with one other motorhome, otherwise it is just our own slice of heaven.  

Cleaning off the love bugs on our site

The motel

The Tiki Bar

The view out the dock

We took a drive around town yesterday, still very quiet, especially since the season has ended, and it is much as we remembered, although there are several more restaurants.  We had heard and were told by a guy who comes here regularly that Tony's Seafood Restaurant had the BEST clam chowder, now as you know we live to eat all over this country, and used to live in New England, and have been told numerous times about the "best" of chowders, so we were skeptical to say the least, I mean, come on, award winning New England Clam Chowder in a sleepy little town in Florida?!?!?!?  Well, we have to admit, it was probably the BEST chowder we have ever had, certainly in the top 3 ever, and the cool thing is they sell it, hot to go, cold to go, and frozen, and they even have it in cans!  So check it out----http://www.tonyschowder.com/ordera.htm

The famous chowder, yeah we had a few bites before the picture:-)

Jan had a delicious fish sandwich

And I had a shrimp sandwich, yummy!

Tony's

Now I should be totally honest, this isn't exactly paradise though.  We are parked right on the only highway into town, and it is narrow and busy enough that we aren't comfortable riding our bikes the short distance into town, it's really not wide enough to walk either.  We did go in to a very nice boardwalk path to Cemetery Point which was beautiful.  The town itself has quite a few restaurants and a few shops, but if sitting in the sun, boating, fishing is what you have in mind, it's a great place.  But not a lot to do for us.  A few days will be ample and we'll be off to another new destination.  Don't get the wrong idea, we will come back here, if just for the eclectic campground!

Sunset from our site

Full moon, what timing!

Cocktail hour, not too shabby

One more of the view!