Lake Placid, Florida

Monday, January 26, 2015

Today we are headed to Lake Placid along with Kitty's cousin from Kentucky, Freda, and her husband Dewey.  Lake Placid is home to more than 40 murals that depict some of the history of this region and community.  For more details about these beautiful murals, please see my blog titled "the Murals of Lake Placid" dated December 4, 2012 and, "The Murals of Lake Placid Part 2" dated March 17, 2013.

Of course, no one should stop in Lake Placid without having a Bodacious Banana Split at the Main Street America Restaurant. This banana split is something dreams are made of and I must caution you not to attempt to eat this decadent treat if you're wearing tight fitting clothes! You will surely pop a button or two!  Also, don't stop here on a Monday like we did because the restaurant is closed all day on Monday!  Darn!  It also closes at 1 pm on Sunday too.  There should be a law against this place ever closing, and  I suspect another trip to Lake Placid is going to happen sometime in the near future!

Our tour of the murals began at the chamber of commerce building where helpful information about the murals and the artists that painted them is available. There's also a short ten minutes video about the murals that is interesting and informative, and maps to help you find your way around.  A booklet describing each mural and it's location is a must.  Many of the murals have hidden objects painted in them and it's tons of fun trying to find all of the objects.

Here we are standing in front of Caladium Fields, a 60 foot wide mural. 

L to R: Dewey, Freda, Kitty, and Craig.  Maggie is the one with four legs!

 No, this is not a mural.  It's Freda and Kitty looking at a mural.

Now this is a mural!

This is the first mural to be painted in Lake Placid and it's titled "Tea at Southwinds."

Lake Placid has more than 40 murals.  There's well over twenty lakes around here and they all have plenty of monster bass in them-like this man eater!  Look out Dewey, this bass is looking for its next meal!"  Around here the bass are so big, if you don't catch them they will catch you!

Please check out my previous blogs for more of the murals at Lake Placid.  The murals and the fishing offers will keep you busy for quite some time.  But, if you like to clown around, you can do that here too at Toby's Clown School!  Lake Placid has something for everyone, and it's interesting, amazing, and fun for all!