Mount Plymouth, Florida. Al Capone Loved It.  I drove from Mount Dora yesterday (March 3, 2011) to nearby Mount Plymouth to see what changes have taken place since I last visited in the early 1980'...

C&L Farms U-pick Strawberry & Tomatoe Farms   - We are family owned and operated Farmers Market and U-pick Farm. Located in Alva just 11.5 miles east of I-75 on Highway 80. www.leeclfarms.com Seaonal ...

Alva U-pick Strawberry & Tomatoe Farms  - We are family owned and operated Farmers Market and U-pick Farm. Located in Alva just 11.5 miles east of I-75 on Highway 80. www.leeclfarms.com Thought ...

Sanford and Osteen
A Florida Backroads 'Ghost Story'  Everybody knows that Apopka is called 'The Foliage Capitol of the World.'

But did you know Sanford was once known as 'The Celery Capitol?'

The road ...

From The Keweenaw to the Caloosahatchee and Back  Dear Mr. Miller:

I ran across your interesting and informative website while looking for more historical information about the little town of Alva, Florida....

Wonderful Deland Restaurant  While passing through Deland, I decided to stop and stroll the downtown area to enjoy the unique shops. It was just about noon when I passed a charming ...

Chokoloskee Florida Here We Come!  Chokoloskee Florida Trip Notes

The Tamiami Trail(Rt. 41 between Miami and Naples, FL) is sometimes called slow, flat and boring. It is definitely slower ...

Bolougne, Florida
The Town That Lived On Speeders  Somewhere just south of the St. Marys River and the Florida Georgia border there was a sleepy little wide spot in the road called Bolougne.

Rhymes with ...

Deleon Springs, Florida  Deleon Springs is a small town north of Deland on U.S.-17. It is the home of an old spa that was famous many years ago, and is now the site of Deleon ...

Welaka, Florida  Welaka is on the east bank of the St. Johns River about halfway between Palatka and Deland. It is not on the main highway, so you have to work a bit to ...

Fort Lauderdale
Pier 66 Where Are You?  Pier 66 means different things to different people depending on whether they are new to Florida or have been around a few years.

My Pier 66 is a tall ...

Fernandina's Many Flags  Way up in the far northeastern corner of Florida is one of its most interesting and historic towns, Fernandina Beach. It is one of the oldest little cities ...

Old Venus, A Florida Ghost Town  Take US-27 north out of Moore Haven and it won't be many miles before you come to Palmdale, a sign on the road, and a little bit further is the road that ...

Yeehaw Junction  Follow SR-60 west out of Vero Beach and you will come to a genuine slice of Old Florida.

Yeehaw Junction, Florida is at the intersection of US-441 and ...

Wow! I'd Like To Live In Seaside  This place is only 30 years old but looks like it's been there since America was a young country. The little cottages and houses are dripping with charm,...

Arnold Palmer: Giving Back To The Orlando Community  Of all the celebrities that have made their home in Central Florida, no one has contributed more to the community than golf pro Arnold Palmer.

Before ...

Light Up Mount Dora  A friend was in town to join me
Everyone walking, not a car in sight
Weather a little chilly - 50s
Children running and playing in the "snow"
Santa ...

Jacksonville, Florida  I was just a young kid from upstate New York when I joined the Navy in 1960. After boot camp, I was assigned to a destroyer in Mayport, the USS Myles ...

Punta Gorda Life -- Aqui Esta!  About eight years ago I discovered a small town resting on a fat point that juts out into Charlotte Harbor on the Southwest coast of Florida. Magically ...

Haines City Florida  Your Haines City Florida page jogged my memory.

I remember Emory Cocke who you mentioned on your page. He owned a company named Sunni-Citrus or somesuch....

Avon Park  Back in the 1960's I was working on a construction project in Avon Park. I stayed in Reed's Motel on the main highway, and I frequented the bar at the ...

Melbourne, A Neat Little Town  We visited this little town on Florida's central east coast last summer. It has some great beaches across the Indian River causeway in Indialantic, Melbourne ...

Moore Haven and the Golden Arches  I was passing through Moore Haven about a year ago. It was lunchtime and I was hungry, but didn't see any place to eat except for a McDonalds. I stopped ...

Winter Park Florida Is A Great Place To Live  It is hard to imagine a nicer place to live than Winter Park, Florida. I love Florida, but sometimes miss the shaded midwestern streets of my hometown....

Lake Wales and Small Town Hotels  Bok Tower Gardens is near Lake Wales, a great little place to visit after your communion with the serenity of Bok Tower.

The 1920's were boom times ...

Brooksville FL  Brooksville FL is just a few miles east of Weeki Wachee on the other side of Spring Hill.

Charles Sumner was a United States Senator from Massachusetts ...

Hastings, Florida. A Long Way From Iwo Jima.  My friend Howard was born and raised near Bunnell in Flagler County.

His father was a pioneer Florida Cracker county commissioner who sold much of the ...

Homosassa: Lost In Time  Weeki Wachee is a fun place to visit. After you have enjoyed this classic attraction, you might run up US-19 to Homosassa and take a look at the real ...

The Lonely Port Charlotte Knight  Port Charlotte sprawls along Florida's gulf coast for seemingly endless miles north of Punta Gorda and the Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.

It is one ...

Hurricane Charley Changed Punta Gorda  Hurricane Charley slammed into Punta Gorda, Florida on Friday the 13th of August, 2004.

My sailboat, AWOL, was in Burnt Store Marina south of town. She ...

Edgewater, Florida  Not too far south of Daytona Beach, on the west side of the Halifax River, you will come to Edgewater, Florida.

Edgewater is a little town south of ...

Naples: Mansions and Mobile Homes  Naples, Florida - also known as Naples On The Gulf - is one of the richest towns in America. The mansions of Port Royale are home or second home to many ...

Crescent City Florida and 3 Bananas  Crescent City Florida is a neat little town about halfway between St. Augustine and Deland. One way to get there is on US-17 north out of Deland. It'...

I Love Key Biscayne  Thanks for the nice website about Key Biscayne, or the Key as we call it here. My wife and I moved here in 1981, and have seen some real changes since ...

Alva, Florida Is Lost In Time  I was cruising slowly on this stretch of the Caloosahatchee River on my houseboat, The Busted Flush. I had come over from Fort Lauderdale on the Okeechobee ...