I was going to try and just focus on my crafting adventures but I just have to sneak in some travel stories. I love travel nearly as much as crafting.
Back in mid January, before we decided to do something crazy like suddenly sell our house and buy a new house, I went on a little trip to Mt. Dora, Florida with my sister.
It is a charming little town that is not as touristy as some of the bigger tourist towns in Florida…sort of a hidden gem.
We had so much fun wandering around the beautiful downtown area filled with eateries and lots of sweet little boutique shops.
Each evening we were treated to glorious sunsets by the water:
But you do have be aware of/be careful of the alligators (we didn’t see any but we knew they were lurking somewhere!):
We ate diner one night at an awesome restaurant called The Goblin Market that was set up like you were having dinner in someone’s comfy house…with a nice library!
We also attended one of the largest indoor/outdoor flea markets in the US – Renninger’s Flea Market & Antique Center. It was quite the experience! We spent nearly an entire day there and still didn’t see all of it!
Here is a write up about the place from visitflorida.com:
“Two Separate Shopping Experiences, Located on 140 acres, just east of Mount Dora. The Antique Center has over 200 shops in an air conditioned enclosed building. Shop owners, indoors and outdoors, will answer your questions and provide you with personal attention. Most dealers accept charge cards and checks. Be sure and visit the buildings in the “Street of Shops” The Consignment Area has over 40 Cases & 30 Booths. You will find Antique Furniture, Hand made Gold and Diamond Jewelry, Paintings, Vintage Books, antique & vintage Glass, China, Porcelain, Shabby Chic & Primitive Collectibles. Eat at the Grub Hub, the best place in Mount Dora. Don’t miss the Special Shows every month.”
Yes you read that correctly – a 140 acres of flea market!!!!!
They had many quirky things at the flea market and we exhausted ourselves (but in a fun way) trying to see all of it. There was a shop that specialized in vintage televisions and radios; and related supplies to fix vintage televisions and radios. The shopkeeper was as quirky as the things he was selling.
I could have done a whole series of posts on our flea market experience but I was too engrossed in the experience to take very many photos.
To close out this post about our trip, here is a random photo from our trip that stimulated my creative muse – a section of the boardwalk deck was designed in a very cool pattern:
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