| The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour, founded
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| | Bridge. Philodendrons, palmgrass, bamboo,
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| in 1938 and located just 15 minutes north
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| | a plant called firespikes and an
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| of downtown Orlando, is one of these
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| | interesting arrangement of "air
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| lovely side trips that combine beautiful
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| | potatoes", round tubers hanging down from
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| scenery, a bit of local history, some
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| | a tree branch, adorned our journey
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| close-up exposure to local wildlife and
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| | through the canal.At 450 acres and 30
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| vegetation with a relaxing outing in a
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| | feet deep, Lake Maitland is the largest
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| slow-moving 18-passenger pontoon boat,
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| | of the 3 lakes covered by the boat tour.
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| all complete with expert (and sometimes
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| | A dam controls the water level and
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| humorous) narration provided by the
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| | interestingly, the lakes all drain
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| boat's captain.The tour takes you through
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| | northwards into the St. John's River
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| 3 lakes: Lake Osceola, Lage Virginia and
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| | which flows into the Atlantic near
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| Lake Maitland. On this gorgeous day, with
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| | Jacksonville. The Kraft Azalea Gardens,
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| brilliantly blue skies, the boat whisked
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| | located on Lake Maitland on Alabama Drive
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| us past hundreds of beautiful water-front
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| | off Palmer Avenue, feature thousands of
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| estates, many of which were originally
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| | azaleas, tropical shrubs and trees.
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| built in the 1920s and originally sold
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| | Azaleas are in full bloom January through
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| for $20,000, while fetching between
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| | March.Our expert captain also pointed out
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| $500,000 and several million in today's
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| | various mansions that have been used as
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| booming Central Florida real estate
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| | backdrops in various movies and
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| market. Even boathouses are worth between
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| | commercials. Lake Maitland also features
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| $30,000 and $40,000.In Lake Virginia we
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| | several small islands with rather naked
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| came up close to the grounds of Rollins
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| | looking trees that house colonies of
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| College, one of the top rated private
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| | cormorants, fishing birds that consume up
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| liberal arts colleges in the South
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| | to a pound of fish a day.We slowly made
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| Eastern United States, founded in 1885 by
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| | our way back from Lake Maitland to Lake
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| New England Congregationalists. Rollins
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| | Osceola where our relaxing and scenic
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| College is the oldest recognized college
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| | boat tour came to an end. On this
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| in the state of Florida with a small
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| | gorgeous day it was a fabulous outing
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| student body of 1,700 students, housed on
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| | that provided an appropriate historical
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| a beautiful 70 acre Mediterraean Revival
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| | context for a further exploration of the
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| Campus. Our expert captain / tour guide
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| | beautiful city of Winter Park.The Scenic
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| mentioned that tuition at the college is
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| | Boat Tour, a Winter Park institution for
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| $38,000 and the ratio of students to
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| | almost 70 years now, is located at the
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| professors is 12:1.Condos are located
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| | end of Morse Avenue on the shores of Lake
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| right next to the college, selling today
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| | Osceola. It is a very affordable outing
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| for between $450,000 to $1 million. As we
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| | at $8 for adults and $4 for children
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| approached the narrow Venetian Canal that
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| | (children under 2 ride free). Boat tours
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| would take us from Lake Virginia to Lake
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| | run every day from 10 am to 4 pm (except
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| Maitland, our captain made us aware of
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| | Christmas). For further information
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| all the interesting vegetation growing
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| | contact the Winter Park Scenic Boat
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| alongside the canal: Egyptian papyrus,
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| | Tour.Susanne Pacher is the publisher of a
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| Spanish moss (an airplant and not a
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| | website called Travel and Transitions (
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| parasite), the Princess flower, colourful
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| | Travel and Transitions deals with
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| bougainvilleas and resurrection fern. We
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| | unconventional travel and is chock full
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| saw a variety of birds, including an
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| | of advice, tips, real life travel
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| Osprey eagle, a snake bird, a great blue
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| | experiences, interviews with travellers
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| heron and a white egret, which used to be
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| | and travel experts, insights and
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| the good luck bird of the Seminole
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| | reflections, cross-cultural issues,
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| Indians.On Lake Maitland we learned that
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| | contests and many other features. You
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| there was an alligator cave from which
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| | will also find stories about life and the
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| 150 alligators were removed into the
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| | transitions that we face as we go through
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| Florida Everglades to prevent a rather
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| | our own personal life-long
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| dangerous collision between local
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| | journeys.Submit your own travel stories
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| wildlife and civilization.Along the
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| | in our first travel story contest ( and
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| Venetian Canal we also saw variegated
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| | have a chance to win an amazing adventure
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| ginger and banana trees, as we slowly
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| | cruise on the Amazon River."Life is a
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| passed under the arched Palmer Avenue
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| | Journey Explore New Horizons".
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