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Sunday, September 26, 2010

The tour takes you through lakes: Lake Osceola, Lage Virginia and...

The winter park Scenic Boat Tour, in 1938 founded and is located just 15 minutes north of downtown Orlando, is one of these trips, which, on this page a nice view, a small museum of local history, some close-up exposure to local fauna and flora to combine leisurely pontoon boat ride in a slow 18-passenger, full of all the experts (and sometimes humorous) narration by the captain the boat provided.


The tour takes you through 3 lakes: Lake Osceola, Virginia and the location of Lake Maitland. On that beautiful day with clear skies, the boat took hundreds of beautiful properties increased water-front, many of which were built in the 1920s and originally sold for $ 20,000, while the recovery between $ 500,000 and several million in today's booming Central Florida real estate market. Even boathouses are between $ 30,000 and $ 40,000 in value.
On Lake Virginia we came close to the base Rollins College, rated one of the private liberal arts universities leading South Eastern United States in 1885 founded by New England Congregationalists. Rollins College is the oldest state-approved school located in the state of Florida with a small student body of 1,700 students, in a beautiful 70 acre campus Mediterranean Revival. Our expert captain / tour guide mentioned college on campus is $ 38,000 and student-teacher ratio is 12:01.

Rollins College's Spanish Revival Campus
                        
 The condos are located next to the college, now sells for between $ 450,000 and $ 1,000,000. When we narrow canal in Venice, we would be Virginia, Lake Maitland approached our captain is aware of all the interesting vegetation along the canal: Egyptian papyrus, Spanish moss (a Airplant and not a parasite), the flower Princess colored Bougainvillea and resurrection so far. We have seen a great variety of birds, including osprey eagle, snake, birds, great blue herons and egrets, which are the bird of happiness Seminole Indians used.                                                                                 

Some of Winter Park's beautiful mansions

 On Lake Maitland That We learned there was an alligator cave from 150 alligators Which Were removed into the Florida Everglades to Prevent a rather dangerous collision Between the local wildlife and civilization.Along the Venetian Canal PBUH We Also variegated ginger and banana trees, Studio albums Slowly As We passed under the arched Palmer Avenue Bridge. Philodendrons, palmgrass, bamboo, a plant Called firespikes and an interesting arrangement of "water potatoes", round tubers hanging down from a tree branch, adorned our journey through the canal.

The Venetian Canal
The arched Palmer Avenue Bridge
                                                                                         
With 450 acres and 30 feet deep, Lake Maitland is covered, the largest of three lakes of the tour. A check dam water level and, interestingly, all the lakes to the north flow into the St. John's River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville. The Azalea Gardens force, Lake Maitland on Alabama Drive off Palmer Avenue, according Thousands of azaleas, tropical shrubs and trees. Azaleas in full bloom from January to March.Our expert captain also pointed out that several houses have been used as a backdrop in many films and commercials. Lake Maitland also has several small islands with rather bare trees in search of colonies of the House of cormorants, fishing birds that consume up to one pound of fish per day ..

Cormorants, resting for another round of fishing
We went slowly from Lake Maitland to Lake Osceola, where our boat to relax and ended. On this beautiful day it was a fabulous outing that provided an appropriate historical context for further exploring the beautiful city of Winter Park.The Scenic Boat Tour, an institution for nearly 70 years, Winter Park is located at the end of Morse Avenue on the shores of Lake Osceola. It is an outlet very affordable $ 8 for adults and $ 4 for kids (children under 2 ride free). boat trips daily from 10:00 to clock 04.00 (except Christmas). For more information, contact the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour.

      
                                
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