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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Crystal River Trip 4/4-7



Thursday 4/4

Ozello…(or as the locals pronounce it Ozelluh) is a small community of about 400 residents.  It is a collection of small keys connected by the Ozello Trail. Straight line from US 19 Ozello is 5.3 miles.  By the Ozello Trail that becomes over 10 miles. I have been on mountain roads with less twist and turns than Ozello Trail.  One curve is marked at 10 MPH.  At one point I could see the nuclear plant seven miles away, on the right side of the road and later it was on the left.


The big draw to Ozello is Peck’s Old Port Cove seafood restaurant.  I don’t recall anything on the menu that wasn’t seafood.  We were told about this place by our campsite neighbors Scott and Shelly.  So we went to check it out.  The place was packed.  License plates from all across the country in the parking lot.
 


We had to wait about a half an hour to be seated.  The food was fantastic…the staff friendly and they really hustled.  Linda had the scallops and I went with the fisherman’s platter.  Very large portions with reasonable prices.  This is a “buid it... they will come” type of place.  A bit of a bonus was I got a pearl in one of my oysters!  Albeit smaller than a BB, it was a pearl.  Linda put it in her change purse for safe keeping.


https://youtu.be/3h1wTTrp1Cc   This youtube video is a 16 minute motorcycle ride on the Ozello Trail



Friday 4/5

They lied!  All the weather forecasts said that there may be a chance of showers after 11 AM.  So, if we get an early start we can have the boat loaded up while it is still dry.   At 3:00 AM we had thunderstorm after thunderstorm until nearly 5:00.  No need to hurry now.  After the boat cover dried out  we  loaded up and were on the road for home around 1 PM. We spent the night in Kingsland, GA.

Saturday 4/6

Good traveling today.  Spent the night in Lumberton, NC.

Sunday4/7

Arrived home around 5PM.  Got the trailer unloaded and put it in the storage lot.  We had a great time except for what seems like thousands of no-seem-um bites.  Linda says “Never Again”.

Thanks for riding along.  Will see you on our next adventure.   Oh yeh... The “itichey cream” is in the medicine cabinet!









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