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Gallery of Central Florida Scenery
 The squirrels in Central Florida are very tiny. |  |  Cinderella's castle as seen through the Swiss Family Robinson Trees |
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 |  We spent and evening at the Magic Kingdom and took the ferry back to the parking lot. |  As seen at night from the ferry going across Lake Buena Vista |
 |  This home belonged to Captain John Phillip Donnelly in the early 1900s (about 1910). It was built in 1893 and is currently being used a Masonic Lodge in Mount Dora. |  This guy and a few of friends love to fly along with the ferry boat that takes Disney guests from the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center to Magic Kingdom. |
 The boys enjoying an evening ferry boat ride on the Walt Disney World ferry boat. |  The flag of the United States of America fly in front of Spaceship Earth geodome at Epcot. |  .A photo of one of the many beautiful horse ranches in Sorrento, Florida |
 Golden Chance Farm horse training in Sorrento, Florida. |  This is a nursery and farmer's market that offers fresh local produce in Sorrento, Florida. |  Bears often cross highway 46 in Florida. |
 Eagle Dunes Golf Course at Sorrento Springs, Sorrento, Florida |  They said it couldn't be done: take the Sunrail Commuter Train to Disney. Well, proved that it can. We took the Sunrail to the Lynx Station in Orlando and then got on connection Lynx 50 bus which dropped us right off at the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center. |  We took a very early morning train from the Lake Mary, Florida Station. It was right on time. |
 The Sunrail was awesome. It was a very relaxing way to get to Disney. |  We took the Sunrail southbound from Lake Mary and connected with Lynx route 50 to the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center. It was a breeze. The bus was right there before our eyes as soon as we got off the the train. How lucky! |  The boys were not as unenthused as they look. They were pulling their "Mom is taking another picture" faces. |
 We were happy campers when our planning produced fruit and we ended up at our Disney Ticket and Transportation Center destination. |  The Christmas Decorations were still up the second week of January. |  Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom with Christmasy Main Street, U.S.A. in the foreground |
 They even decorated the Jungle Cruise with a "snowman". |  I was happy to see that even the futuristic technological Tomorrowland was decorated for Christmas. |  Beautiful Christmas decor for the Magic Kingdom City Hall. |
 We had a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom and took one last photo in front of the train station before heading back to meet our home bound Lynx Route 50l |  On our way back to the Lynx station from the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center |  Located in Sanford, Florida. This is a nice (albeit a bit expensive) little zoo in Sanford. It's clean and the animals seem well taken care of. |
 Located in the "front yard" of the Sanford, Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Center. |  We call him Sanford Guy at the zoo. |  The docent is showing a Children's Python at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Center. The python is named after the guy that discovered by John George Children. It's not named Children's python because it's good for children. It does, however, stay very small. |
 This American crocodile has very little teeth as you can see. |  |  The nature walk in the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens is beautiful and a great way for newcomers like us to get close up view of Central Florida flora, fauna, and animals without getting swampy tennis shoes. |
 For $5.00 you get up close to a giraffe at the Central Florida zoo to fee him a head of romaine lettuce. It wasn't worth the price for me, but I enjoyed watching someone else do it. |  A monarch butterfly resting at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Garden's butterfly garden. |  Proof that bananas grown in Central Florida. |
 This baby goat had an affinity for this rooster. |  This is located inside the Central Florida Zoo. Of course, in January it wasn't running, but it makes for very colorful photos. |  Located on the Central Florida Zoo grounds. It has an impressive collection of bugs. |
 Christmas Day is a great day to go to Walt Disney World resort to see all of the Christmas decorations in the various resorts hotels. This gingerbread cookie display of the movie "Frozen" is larger than life size and made entirely of cookie dough! |  One thing that I have always loved about all of the Disney Parks is their attention to detail. As a tile worker, myself, I can appreciate that great expense and detail they go to make their mosaics. This several story high mosaic at the WDW Contemporary Hotel is one of my most favorites. |  Growing up, I'm always heard about this world famous speedway, but I just didn't know how huge the facility was until I saw it on my drive to Daytona Beach, "The World's Most Famous Beach." |
 Wouldn't feel welcome with a colorful greeting like this? |  |  |
 The beaches in Volusia County are comprised of sand that compacts very hard. Beach access by car has been a long standing tradition in Daytona Beach. |  Did you ever play with oobleck? Oobleck is made of cornstarch and water. It is hard as long as you are kneading it stays hard, but let it rest and it runs through your fingers like water. Daytona Beach sand is just like oobleck. |  If you look closely you will see an owl on the branch of this large live oak tree. I had to stare at it a moment to determine that it's fake. |
 I was surprised to learn when I moved to Central Florida that people can grown pointsettias outside in their yards! Now if that doesn't bring in the Christmas Spirit, what does? |  A flock of pelicans at Ponce Inlet Beach |  These pelicans got pretty close to the boys! |
 The next few pictures are sunset at Ponce Inlet. What was amazing for me was to imagine that I was on the east coast of Florida while the sun was setting on the west coast. |  |  The seagull provide many cool shots for me. |
 This was looking from the jetty towards Port Orange. |  This fisherman was fishing at the bottom of the Lighthouse Point Park Jetty |  Coming down the escalator from the terminal of the Orlando International airport, we were greeted by this awesome Christmas tree topped by the American flag. This center place of the airport is surrounded by the rooms of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. |
 Our temporary housing was at the Legends Apartments at Lake Mary. We were right on the Timacuan Golf Course. |  This cute little cottage is in Mount Dora near the historic downtown village area. |  Look at this beautiful Christmas light display in Sorrento. It is one of the best we have ever seen. Is there any question that Floridians go all out for Christmas? |
 To enjoy the castle lights at Christmas time you can take a bus from Disney Springs to Epcot or the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center and take the monorail. This photo was taken while on the monorail. We were there on Christmas Day. |  This beach is north of Cape Canaveral. Cape Canaveral was named by the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon. The largest operating lighthouse is just a little northwest of this beach and is named after Ponce De Leon. |  What used to be called "Downtown Disney" is Disney Springs. This photo was taken from the walkway south of the Sarasota Springs resort. If you want to enjoy a Disney atmosphere but get out of the crowds of Disney Springs, this it he perfect place for an enjoyable evening stroll. |
 I'm imagining the sun setting on the Gulf coast of Florida as I stand there and watch it from the Atlantic coast. It was a profound experience. |  The coolest lifeguard tower I have ever seen with the Ponce de Leon lighthouse in the background. |
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