Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Boat tour!!

Another day off!!
We went on a boat tour through three lakes in Winter Park. Lake Osceola, lake Virginia, and lake Maitland.
The lakes were attached by these small canals that were just a foot wider then the pontoon boat we were riding on! The area has not been taken over by construction, so the vegetation was very lush and the trees quite large. Because of this the canals were very shady and cool. Many of the exqusite homes had small boat garages on the canal!

One of the homes was owned by the ex-NBA star Horace Grant lived, another by Mr. Walgreen of Walgreen's Pharmacy. The very expencive Rollins College is also on one of the lakes!

This area below is known as the Isle of Sicily. The black bird is a "snake bird" also known as the Anhinga.












Here are a few more random shots from the boat trip, as well as one shot from our walk around the beautiful town with brick streets and fancy shops!