Steinhatchee, Old Hickory, and lots of signs

Since Matt and I can never go too long without seeing the water, we headed to the Gulf of Mexico again this past weekend.  This time, we headed North to Steinhatchee.  They say Key West is a fishing town with a drinking problem, but I'd say Steinhatchee is a fishing town, with a fishing problem.  Since they are on the Gulf and on the Steinhatchee River - there is no shortage of places to head out on the docks or to fish by boat.  You can even dine at the Hungry Howies without even really leaving your boat.  However, there is no real grocery store, movie theater, shopping, and they just recently got cell phone service.

For lunch we tried Roy's Retaurant - a Steinhatchee landmark right on the Gulf.   The views were fantastic.  We continued our exploration after lunch and drove along Riverside Drive.  We had one interesting experience and made some observations.  Steinhatchee has lots and lots of signs (see picture and this is just one example), lots of beautiful vacation homes, and some very delicious (according to Matt) smoked mullet and smoked shrimp dip at a tiny little business called Old Hickory on the main road in Steinhatachee.

I love that we continue to find real Old Florida places.  While I do enjoy my cell phone, the various Publix Super Markets within a few minutes of the house and the fact that we have a mall within five minutes  (admittedly, I've only been there once, although I have been to Ann Taylor Loft a number of times), I still love the charm these old cities provide.

Update: I've been told by people in the know (thank you, Dean!) - that next time we are Steinhatchee we'll have to check out Steinhatchee Landing Resort, a 35 acre community with vacation guest cottages and recreation aplenty.  They even take dogs, so maybe we can even look at taking Clark with us next time!

Comments

[bill]

I enjoy your comintary , I am from miami and have been all over the world the last forty years i live in co. right now an plan to move back to fla. soon i call it the last round up time to semi retire .
its very cold here and also i know its very cold in chicago the windy city i lived in iowa and had to frequent that city summer an winter any way enjoyed what you hat to say about fla.

[Traci]

Thank you, Bill! We've been to Miami a few times, very exciting and busy place. Colorado is an awesome place. I went to Pagosa Springs about ten years ago and had a blast.

Florida is a wonderful state. I've called it home my entire life. Though I'm sad to be leaving, I'm excited about the new city we'll get to explore.

I hope you get to semi-retire down here soon. You couldn't ask for better weather! :)

Thank you the nice compliments about the blog! :)