Cedar Key to Crystal River to Clearwater

We left Cedar Key in beautiful weather and motored to Crystal River on Sunday.  Crystal River is the Manatee Capital of the World and home to a beautiful National Wildlife Refuge. Manatees are large, herbivorous marine mammals, also known as "sea cows."

We took the tender up some canals known as breeding grounds for the manatees, but alas, we found not a one. 😪 We found several abandoned boats and a shipwreck, instead.

On Monday we motored for 87 miles to Clearwater.  A beautiful, beachy, condo locale.  We docked at the Municipal Marina and walked up the street to a fantastic restaurant, The District Bistro! They had a great playlist too, and all of their drinks were modeled after the 30's era.  Don had a "Boulevardier" and I had a "Curious Margarita" made of Orange Gin, Tequila, Lime juice and agave.  Extraordinary!!!

Yesterday was laundry, boat maintenance -installing new water pumps in the engine, a task the Captain had not done before.  He had his fill of Engine Room Yoga for the week, month????

Since Captain had worked all day, we walked up the street again for Taco Tuesday and live music. We're not in California anymore, when it comes to good Carnitas.

Today we're motoring to St. Petersburg to pick up our first guests of this journey, Jan & Ray!  Whoop, whoop, here comes trouble.

Crystal River
Lots of Kayakers in Crystal River
Abandoned and sinking
Another beautiful sunset looking across to Clearwater Beach



Border Patrol anyoen???




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  1. Ron TasteApril 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM

    It’s amazing how many abandoned boats are in America’s waterways.

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