Great Blue Heron

Central Florida Offers Someplace Special

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December 31st 2009
We took our seats at a table on the outside deck of Pisces Rising, a popular water view restaurant in historic Mount Dora, and it quickly became evident that there was something truly unique about the place. Sure there was a picturesque vista of the lake in the distance behind Mount Dora Yacht Club down below us. But most intriguing was that we were actually looking down on Lake Dora from a hill ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more