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I was born and raised in Cedar Key, I met Dave there in 1977. We got married in the Cedar Key Episcopal Church in 1989. We resided in Austin Texas, and owned and ran a automotive repair shop and a body shop for 25 years. We have two children that are young adults that love to come to Cedar Key and bring their friends. Their friends usually plan to only stay one week but end up staying 3 or 4 weeks because they are having such a great time! I sold the automotive shop in 2016, retired and now travel to Cedar Key, and numerous other wonderful locations to fish, eat good food and spend time with my friends and family.

We chose to buy a house in Cedar Key because we love the gulf coast, with all of its wildlife, great fishing, good seafood, and all the wonderful places to go that are nearby. The people there are so friendly. We have a lot of friends and family there. It is so different from our hectic lives in Austin. Once we get to Cedar Key, we turn off the computers, phones, and any other high-tech gadget we have, and start relaxing and trying to really reconnect with one another. The wonderful thing about being in Cedar Key is the time we really spend together there, the kids walk down to the City Park at the beach at night and play basketball, then come home and play board games for hours...you can hear their laughter next door. We sit out on the back porch and just swing and talk... sometimes we build a fire in the fire pit and have a wiener roast. Over the years as I have traveled I have met so many people that have been to Cedar Key and fell in love with the area and way of life. Everyone that vacationed in Cedar Key as children told me that their fondest memories of growing up or vacationing were from when they traveled to Cedar Key. We LOVE it too!!! And can't wait to retire in Cedar Key.

It is a short walk to downtown Cedar Key's restaurants, shopping, and fishing pier. We are direct across from the Cedar Key Marina where you can get all of your boating and fishing supplies. Enjoy the boat dock behind the house, it has a deck area that is great for watching the eastern sunrises. Bikes, kayaks, golf cart rentals, boat tours are all within walking distance. The fishing is terrific and so is the bird watching!! You can fish right behind our house and catch fish (dock closed for repairs). It is so beautiful out around the other islands. We go almost every year and tour the Old Lighthouse on Seahorse Key. The Pelicans are nesting then and when you go up in the lighthouse you can see hundreds of momma pelicans feeding their babies. We see manatees every year out around North Key, they are fascinating whether it is your first time or 10th time to see them. When we are coming in from fishing there are always dozens of porpoises that are feeding we stop and are amazed how close they will come up to the boat. You can almost touch them! You won't find a better place than Cedar Key for spectacular sunsets or sunrises!! Be sure to bring your camera! Also, bring your water shoes...during the full moon when there is the Spring tide, the tide goes REALLY low, which makes it perfect for walking out on the Sand Spit and collecting sand dollars. (Try not to step on them!) There are so many day trips to take near Cedar Key: Manatee and Fanning Springs, Suwanee River, Ichetucknee Springs, you will be amazed how truly beautiful...so much nature....so inexpensive!