 |
| Bok Tower |
We are starting today from our most southern point. It’s a 175 mile trip pretty much north. Since the day is short, we start off with a quick trip to Walmart. With our supplies topped up, we head to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Never heard of it, or even of Edward Bok who built it. We didn’t know that it was Iron Mountain which is the tallest point on the Florida Peninsula at 324 Ft (the tallest point is actually 345 ft on the panhandle. On the grounds is a 239 ft Tower with a 60 bell carillon. We didn't know that Edward Bok was the editor of Lady's Home Journal and he coined the word Living Room.
We strolled the 50+ acres of gardens, stopping for lunch at the cafe just as the Bells were chiming 12 o’clock. From there it was onward to Manatee Springs, with a quick stop for some oranges and some boiled peanuts.
 |
| Georgia Pink Marble and St. Augustine Coquina |
With an ever so slight miscalculation of the time it would take to avoid the Florida Turnpike (possibly not my best decision), we arrived at Manatee Springs about 5:30...so much for that short day. By the time we got here, it was in the fifties, so we just hunkered down for some quick stir fried pork. Well, it’s a two nighter, so we’ll do our exploring in the morning.
 |
| Air plant display |
No comments:
Post a Comment