Tag: University of Florida

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – CEDAR KEY

  

  Perched atop one of the highest points on Florida’s west coast sits the state’s shortest lighthouse. The Cedar Keys Lighthouse, built in 1854, stands a mere 28-feet tall upon a 52-foot sand dune on Seahorse Key in the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge in the Big Bend area of Florida. I’ve visited Seahorse Key several…

  P. C. Zick

  June 3, 2025

  environment, Life in the United States, Lighthouses, Ramblings of a Writer, travel

  Big Bend, Cedar Key, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Florida lighthouses, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane of 1896, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Lt. George Meade, marine lab, Seahorse Key, shipping port, Suwannee River, University of Florida

• SMALL TOWNS ROCK – CEDAR KEY, FLORIDA

  

  When I moved to a small north Florida town in 1980, I loved the location in the middle of the state. We could drive to the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours, or we could be sitting at a bar overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in less than ninety minutes. Harry Cruise, a Florida…

  P. C. Zick

  May 27, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, environment, Environmental Concerns, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, Small Town, wildlife

  Atlantic Ocean, Carl Hiassen, Cedar Key, Florida Fiction Series, Florida small towns, Gulf of Mexico, Harry Cruise, hurricanes, lumber, oysters, small towns, Sunshine State, Tortoise Stew, University of Florida