Blue Moon Sails Away: Cabbage Key

Cabbage Key is an historical and eclectic place on the ICW. It has been a variety of things from a private retreat to its current collection of cottages to rent, a historic restaurant and a marina. The island is home to sea otters, strange plants and the cheeseburger in paradise. Many of it's structures are registered historical landmarks. We make it a must-go spot whenever we are in the area.

Useppa Island is privately owned but there are quite a few houses and a marina so
I'm guessing it's own by some sort of association. These houses look a lot like ones
all along the coast.

This is the old house which is now the restaurant. It has outdoor seating, patio seating and
the interior. The bar is really old school with lots of gorgeous wood.

The interior dining areas are papered with bills. It is my understanding that once a year or so the
bills are taken down in a section and donated to a charity. It is fun to read the comments and
see where folks are from.

One of the walls.

This is me in the top platform of the historic water tower. There are no mains
running to the island so all water is caught rain water. They have a huge underground
cistern and then pump it up to the tower for extra storage. The house and tower date back to
the early 20th century and the original owners.

We both love banyan trees and this one is so old and massive. They
have even adapted the back porch and ADA ramp to accommodate it.

The full tower.

There are whimsical details in the woodwork all over the house porches.

Believe it or not, this is a type of draping or hanging cactus.

You can see the needles, it really is cactus. It also spreads all over the
ground so you have to be careful to keep on the trail.

View from the tower facing north.

View facing east and towards Useppa.

All along the path are boggy areas. This one leads to the water between the islands.
The sign says that otters hang out there but they were out when we visited.