My Florida apps for iPhone
I pulled into the packed parking lot at Southern Sisters in Sebastian because it looked like the in place to be, and what a pick for gluten-free me! The cheeseburger salad was just what I needed after building up a hikers’ appetite. Extensive menu, happy regulars, and cakes (which I can’t sample, dang it!) to die for. Along US 1.
I’m very upset to see DOT busy at work “improving” but in fact trashing the scenic beauty of one of my favorite Florida backroads, SR 42. In Marion County, between the Eustis turnoff and the Lake County line, they appear to be actively removing the curves that make this drive such a joy. Between Altoona and Paisley, they’re trimming the trees back so the road is no longer shaded. It makes me very sad to see this. Your stimulus dollars at work!
Florida’s largest live oak is just south of the tiny town of LaCrosse in rural north Alachua County. Known as the Cellon Oak, it’s so expansive that the cover of “Big Trees in Florida” shows 30-some-odd people linking hands to approximate the width of the tree’s crown. It’ll help you put yourself in perspective!
