Lake Placid, Florida (Caladium Capital of The World)

Started the day at the gym. We were there by 9:00 AM and could not believe the crowd. Guess we had better go later if we want to get thru our sets in a reasonable time. Had a good workout and then home to get ready for meeting our friends, Bill and Jan Corkum from Pinehurst NS.

Boy, they sure had a great Golden Corral in Lake Placid!

You can't buy food this cheap at the grocery store. Seniors lunch, all you can eat, drink included, $6.99. You can eat to get fat or you can select from an entirely healthy menu. I'm not there yet for a healthy choice but Kathy did pretty good today.

Jan and Bill posing as a sweet couple for the camera. Actually they are pretty sweet even when not posing.

After lunch it was time to get out and see a bit of Lake Placid. They are also known as the Town of Murals. Even the trash cans are painted and in this case surrounded by nice plants.

Here is a small mural, lovely plants.

A rather large mural taking up an entire wall complete with a nice seating and rest area

The pond in the bottom left above has a seating area where you can relax and watch the fish mosey about.

This is a trash can, Lake Placid style. Bill and Jan seem happy with it.

This is another trash can.

Use your imagination for this one.

This building houses the weekly farmer's market.

This mural covers the wall of the local Winn Dixie. (like Sobeys) It is complete with the sounds of cattle being herded.

Kathy appears to be leading this horse and cowboy.

OK, enough with the murals. Believe it or not this is a real Clown School. You want to be a clown, you come here for your diploma.

On the way out of town we stopped by this orange grove for a few picks. Careful not to pick one in case that was a firing offense. By that I mean is it permissible to shoot someone for stealing your crop. Best not to test the limits.

This tree had mostly green oranges, a few starting to ripen and even a few blossoms. What an aroma with these blossoms.

This was the end of a great day in Lake Placid with a couple of wonderful people, Bill & Jan.