Travelers Rest Resort / Dade City, Florida
Sunday, January 18, 2015
65 F, Sunny
According to the
website, Renninger’s Antique Extravaganza is “located on 117 acres of scenic,
rolling land in beautiful Lake County, the heart of Central Florida; amid
spreading oaks, garlands of Spanish moss waving gently from their branches in
Mt. Dora. Two large buildings and a number of open air shopping areas house a
wide variety of dealers from produce stands, clothing shops, and oddity
vendors, to high quality antiques and collectibles.”
The drive to Mt. Dora is only an hour and a half,
but we were up early to get an early start. By 9:30 a.m. the parking lots were
already full of bargain hunters looking for that special treasure to add to
their collection. Each of us went our separate ways.
This is only a small section--you can see the vendors through the tree line.
Seventeen acres is a lot to cover but this time I wanted
to go more slowly than usual. I loved seeing the vintage buttons, quilts, tablecloths,
vintage Woolrich coats in abundance, garden wrought iron, fine china, cranberry
pickle jars, Fiesta in every color, Star Wars toys, a Franciscan platter $100
more than I paid for the same one last year, Bakelite jewelry, curly maple
furniture, World War I memorabilia, and so much more. So what did I buy?
Fiesta, of course….
Scorchy was very interested in the old record
players and phonograph records.
One of my favorite foods is available at the show,
Gran Arepa. It is a delicious Venezuelan/Colombian treat—a grilled cornmeal flat
cake like stuffed with mozzarella cheese. That was my only slow down.
By 2:30 p.m. we were ready to go—I did not get all
the way through, but I enjoyed every minute seeing all the vendors, dealers, buyers,
dogs, and of course the antiques!
On the way home we decided to find a restaurant—everyone
was tired. It turns out that most restaurants in Dade City are closed on
Sunday, so we headed to Pancho Villa in San Antonio. There are so many good restaurants in
Florida!
Did you know that Dade City is the kumquat capital
of the world? Every January tens of thousands of people visit Dade City to
enjoy the “down home old Florida experience. We saw a delightful Kumquat orchard
near TRR.
Look closer to see the little orange gems---kumquats!
Back at TRR, TK was totally involved in the NFC football game today---
Finally, yesterday we went to a mall and another shopping area in Lakeland, Florida--dinner at Fish City Grill--shrimp again!
TK’s Take:
He didn't think the antique show was as busy as in past years. (MJK: we never
went on a Sunday). He is very excited
that Seattle won in a come from behind game against the Green Bay Packers. The
Seahawks are very tough to defeat at home. Super Bowl, here we come!
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