Apopka, Winter Garden and Mt. Dora, Florida

On October 31, we took the travel trailer out of storage and headed south for Florida.  We booked a week at the Lost Lake RV park just outside of Apopka, Florida about 30 outside of Orlando.  The park had mixed reviews so we only booked it for a week.  We found it to be a bit dated but very quiet.  We had interesting neighbors that would peak in our kitchen window while we ate.

two sandhill cranes

The sandhill cranes were fun to watch.  They were about three to four feet tall and looked so exotic walking around the park.  One day they chased a cat trying to hide from them under a trailer.

We really enjoyed the easy access to the West Orange bike trail right by the RV park.  The trail was 26 miles long and was a combination of paved trails converted from old railroad tracks and new trails linking them together.  There were nice water and bathroom stations along the trail.  

We liked riding 11 miles to the next town of Winter Garden.  We could stop there for lunch and then ride 11 miles back. 

Downtown Winter Garden

 

The first Saturday that we were in the area, we drove over to Mt. Dora, Florida for a flower show.  Mt. Dora is a pretty town built around a lake with no mountain in site.  

Lake Dora

We fell in love with the pretty orchids at the show and came home with one. 

We liked Winter Garden and Mt. Dora but we weren't crazy about Apopka so we got on the computers to look for another park.  We found one with good reviews in New Smyrna Beach, Florida on the east coast of Florida just south of Daytona so we booked a week to try it out.  We thought we might enjoy being closer to the ocean.