Friday, July 17, 2009

Sunrise to Sunset, Part II

We left the beach and headed west to De Leon Springs! This is another place we've visited for canoeing with the youth group, but have never participated in its quaintest feature:

The Old Spanish Sugar Mill!


Here, pitchers of pancake batter are brought to your table, and each person gets to make their own! There's a large griddle built right into the top of the table.


Vincent wasn't sure what to do with the place mat until Kelly demonstrated. He was relieved. I think he thought he had to read it! Sometimes I forget to explain things to him and feel badly, but he catches on despite my mistakes.



Aren't these the cutest metal plates? There was only one blue one, and Glenna grabbed it. She can have the blue. Give me the red!



This man is happy because he knows he's about to eat!

We could order sausage, ham, or bacon to go with our pancakes. We could also order toppings such as blueberries, apples, bananas, chocolate, or peaches.


I think we all became proficient pancake flippers! I was the only one to eat the whole wheat/buckwheat ones. They were so good!



I don't think one can ever be too old to have lips stained by blueberries!




By her hands, it's evident she didn't use a spoon to put the blueberries on the pancakes.



These hands did as well.



These hands had apples!

Vincent also had his first taste of maple syrup and molasses. Loved the first, and we all disliked the second!




Mistake #2: We didn't swim here, either.

Strangely, the spring pool was occupied by old men. Really, it was weird!


The top went on much more easily than it came off!



Our Chariot:

Kelly would love to go to a college near the beach and drive a Jeep. While Florida may afford the former, I'm sure her parents can't afford the latter!


I think we need this in our yard. Now.


We made a quick stop for slurpees and moved on.

This picture makes me so happy!

Sing with your head up
with your eyes closed
not because you love the song
because you love to sing
because you love to sing!
- Copeland

Next Stop: It can't be real!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Ooo, I love the Old Spanish Sugar Mill!

(And Copeland. :)

Matt said...

De Leon is the best!

Raquel said...

That place was really fun! We went there for Grace's birthday.

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