A Perfect Bench Day

Oct 24/15   It's a shirt sleeve day for a ride, sunny and 85.

Lake Dora - along Lakeshore drive

Bougainvillea blooming

Today we are going for a ride in Lake County Florida.  We are going to stop and have lunch in one of the prettiest towns in Florida, Mount Dora.   It is a very popular town with the tourists and locals.  

Lake County area

This area in north central Florida is aptly named as there are over a 1,000 lakes.   But we have to chuckle a bit cause the lakes are so small compared to what we are familiar with;  growing up in Great Lakes area we think on a very grand scale when we think of lakes.  When traveling around this area you have to use a GPS or know your way as many of the roads will dead end at a lake or it simply takes much longer to get from here to there because you have to drive around the lake.  We like the motorcycle riding in this area as you are almost always within view of a lake or a bit of rolling hills and citrus groves and many horse farms.

walking downtown in Mount Dora

the Perfect Bench

The towns are small in size and have lots of character.   Mount Dora is such a pretty town.  Cobblestone streets, beautiful lakefront drives, old Floridian homes, restaurants and artsy shops to interest you.   And the "Perfect Bench".  

lacey plates

Bon Bon's,,,,, lets buy the whole plate