"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
When in Florida, there is no shortage of consignment and antique shops to peruse through. But of any of them, Junk & Company in Melbourne is by far the very best.What was formerly a Greek Orthodox church is now home to such a variety of beautiful and interesting things that it is like you walked [...]
I found my soulmate...Florida Cracker Kitchen, you have my heart forever. Seriously the best breakfast that I have ever had. It is home cooking at its best. Laid back atmosphere with employees treating you like friends that they are welcoming into their home....and the food, oh the food, was so good! I have been fantasizing [...]
This last weekend we ventured towards the west coast and spent some glorious hours exploring the beauty of Rainbow Springs State Park. This is the third largest natural springs in Florida and is considered one of Florida's greatest treasures. People have been drawn to the clear blue waters of the springs for hundreds of years [...]
So I will tell you right now, I'm a major scaredy-cat. I've never been one to enjoy being scared and I generally avoid any place that boasts of haunted happenings. I've driven past Ashley's Restaurant hundreds of time, daily passing the beautiful Tudor style house of the restaurant. Finally, I decided that I had to [...]
We stopped by the Fort Christmas Historical Park for a pleasant afternoon. The fort was built on Christmas day in 1837 during the Seminole Wars. The fort was named Fort Christmas and then later the town was named Christmas after the fort. The fort houses artifacts and pictures of both the Seminole people and the [...]
We decided to try out the Jungle Adventure Park this last weekend. The entrance is the world's largest gator 'Swampy'. They want to give visitors a taste of the real Florida so the park is set in a swampy area where alligators of all sizes and kinds are free to roam through the waters. It [...]
I love the random roadside attractions you find all over the country! And 'Swampy' the gator definitely fits that bill. Located just outside of the town of Christmas is Swampy sprawling across 200 feet of ground. It is the entrance to Jungle Adventures and the largest gator farm in the country. It houses ticket sells, [...]
We rang in the new year with a picnic, a nature walk, and a dip in the cool fresh waters of Wekiva Springs. It was the perfect way to welcome a new year of new adventures. This could by one of the greatest places we've discovered since being here. We sat on the grass surrounded [...]