So, let me preface this report with our original plans. DH and I flew down to Orlando on Saturday, 2/14, for our annual winter break. Incidentally, SW airlines gives free cocktails on Valentine's Day flights and free beer on St. Patrick's Day. Anyway, the original plan was that we were renting a condo in Kissimmee, spending Sunday and Monday with family down there, then basically Disneying the rest of the week. So the story begins....
Sunday - We had planned to go visit my soon-to-be 89 year old mother in Groveland, and take her to Silver Springs park. The weather was calling for thunderstorms though, so we decided to take her down to Sarasota to visit my sister and see her new home. That went OK - the area is beautiful, her house is nice, etc etc, and we came back late that night. Monday we spent a delightful day in Silver Springs in Ocala. The park is very low key - just right for mom, and the weather was perfect.It's very much the "real" Florida that existed long before Walt changed the face of central Florida.
A few pics:
On board the glass bottom boats:
Tutles in the crystal clear water:
A 5 foot "visitor" resting in the woods. He is an outsider who frequents the waters there. We saw lots of gators on the river trip.
Sunday - We had planned to go visit my soon-to-be 89 year old mother in Groveland, and take her to Silver Springs park. The weather was calling for thunderstorms though, so we decided to take her down to Sarasota to visit my sister and see her new home. That went OK - the area is beautiful, her house is nice, etc etc, and we came back late that night. Monday we spent a delightful day in Silver Springs in Ocala. The park is very low key - just right for mom, and the weather was perfect.It's very much the "real" Florida that existed long before Walt changed the face of central Florida.
A few pics:
On board the glass bottom boats:
Tutles in the crystal clear water:
A 5 foot "visitor" resting in the woods. He is an outsider who frequents the waters there. We saw lots of gators on the river trip.
