Nicki (right) with her friend Susan on the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour
www.scenicboattours.com/
The lake side of a Winter Park museum
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Canal connection
One of the man-made canals that were built to interconnect the lakes. Thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, the canals were very full, and we all had to duck when we passed under bridges. A few years ago, there were drought conditions and people could actually walk in the dry canals.
The boat tour passes numerous beautiful multi-million-dollar homes
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The boat tour passes numerous beautiful multi-million-dollar homes
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The boat tour passes numerous beautiful multi-million-dollar homes
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Walgreen home
Some of these homes I don't recall what was said about them, but this one was once the home of Walgreens founder Charles Walgreen.
The boat tour passes numerous beautiful multi-million-dollar homes
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The boat tour passes numerous beautiful multi-million-dollar homes
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No idea which film, but supposedly this house was used in a Tom Hanks movie
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Former home of Orlando Magic player Horace Grant
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One of the homes along an interconnecting canal
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Leaning tree
A few decades ago, a storm caused a huge tree to partially uproot and lean over. It was braced and continues to grow today.
A dragon sculpture of some sort at one of the canal-side homes
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Following the boat tour, Nicki and I went to Wekiwa Springs State Park for a brief swim
www.floridastateparks.org/WekiwaSprings/
Before…
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…After!
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Nicki down under
See what I did there? She's from Australia! Down under!? Yeah, well, there was no way we were going to be able to photograph any of the fish in the spring, so I photographed Nicki instead.
Still trying for that best shot
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There it is, best of the batch
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Underwater story
The keen-eyed viewer might realize this video was spliced where the camera comes up from the water. The underwater part was the only video I thought turned out decent, but I loved Nicki's giggle at the end of a different attempt.
