PICTURE is from Winter Park  http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g34747-Activities-Winter_Park_Florida.html  and main picture is also from a shop front also in that city.  Didn’t do anything but work yesterday:  Check it out:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonLaire?ref=hdr_shop_menu   HONORABLE MENTION today is Farnsworth House B&B in (yeah right) Mt. Dora    http://www.farnsworthhousebb.com/.  Running away this afternoon tired of spending my days with no company but the TV.               Florida was admitted to United States as a State on March 3, 1845 (27th State) Governor — Rick Scott Capital — Tallahassee Nickname — Sunshine State State Flower — Orange Blossom http://www.stateofflorida.com/facts.aspx                                

Diana talks about findings in Scotland and some new books she is considering:  THIS CHARACTER MENTIONED HERE WILL BE IN SEASON II OR IF YOU READ THE BOOKS YOU REMEMBER HIM:  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140808-outlander-scotland-orkney-islands-stonehenge-neolithic/                   Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park.     http://www.50states.com/facts/florida.htm#.VhfQGtFdHIU              

http://www.inbrevard.com/cocoa-beach/parks-and-recreation-guide/163/sidney-fischer-park.html

Lori Wilson Park     http://www.brevardcounty.us/parksrecreation/central/loriwilson

Cove Park                                                      http://www.inbrevard.com/cocoa-beach/parks-and-recreation-guide/170/cove-park.html

Ramp Road Park                                         http://www.inbrevard.com/cocoa-beach/parks-and-recreation-guide/165/ramp-road-park.html

Offenhauser R. Murkshe Memorial Park                           http://www.inbrevard.com/cocoa-beach/parks-and-recreation-guide/86/robert-p-murkshe-memorial-park.html

Robert R. Murkshe Memorial Park http://www.brevardcounty.us/ParksRecreation/Central/RobertMurkshe/Home

Surfside Playhouse                                       http://www.surfsideplayers.com/

Turn right/south on A1A                   Satellite Beach sprang up near the cape and Naval base which you might realize already from the name.

of interest

Pelican Beach Park http://www.satellitebeachrecreation.org/Pages/PelicanBeachPark.aspx         Indian Harbor Beach so named in 1955 because of traces of an Indian Village that were found here on the shore of a sheltered cove on the Banana River.

Of Interest

Paradise Beach Park         

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-trav-beachguide-paradise-story.html

The 11 miles of coast past where we turn next (Melbourne Beach to Sebastian Inlet) is the nation’s largest nesting area for endangered loggerhead sea turtles.  From late May – September  the turtles lay their eggs in he sand.  http://myfwc.com/education/wildlife/sea-turtle/where-to-view/

Turn right/west on 192/500 after Cross the Indian River turn right/north on Route 1 Continue north to

Rockledge named after a rock formation rising as high as 20′ above the water.  It’s popular with snow birds and for both commercial and game fishing.  It was found in 1875 and soon had two hotels that had total capacity for 700 guests.  Flagler’s railroad stopped here while building the line to Palm Beach and it has been a bedroom community for the Space industry.

of interest

Space Coast Ice Plex     

http://www.spacecoasticeplex.com/#_=_  

Turtle Creek Golf Club  

http://www.golfturtlecreek.com/#_=_    

Fineline Fishing Charters

http://finelinefishingcharters.com/#_=_

Helen and Allan Cruickshank Sanctuary Sanctuary

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34593-d8007815-Reviews-Helen_and_Allan_Cruickshank_Sanctuary-Rockledge_Brevard_County_Florida.html

Happy Hooves Farm

http://yourhappyhooves.com/#_=_

Finally on the left side of US 1 you’ll see

Ashley’s

http://www.ashleysofrockledge.com/

“Because the Ashley’s of Rockledge building is located so close to train tracks, and the main highway, it is theorized that (some of the ghosts could be persons who) … could’ve died either in front of Ashley’s; killed in auto accidents, or killed by a train on the tracks located right behind Ashley’s.

One story tells the tale of a man being dragged down the stairs of Ashley’s in the 1940s, to the police car by officers,”http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/fl/ashley-rockledge.htm    Since then there have been reports of people almost falling because of their feelings of being dragged down the steps.

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