View from our front entrance facing toward the Old Town of Winter Haven Fla.
We could walk a block and we were
in a redeveloped park – with benches and lots of shade!
This section has all been upgraded
pastel brick painted
bright colors
The old buildings made of brick painted and trimmed out full of different storesOne of four different streets with the coffee shop and library at the end of the street
In this picture – the park is at the left
and in total runs a good four blocks
At the end of the park in the direction left is a lake where every third Saturday is a ski show put on by Cypress Gardens!A ski jump in the lake for the showPart of the area for the ski show
And YES – there are gators in these lakes!
However – we never saw any here!
I would not go swimming or wading here they say go to the middle of the lakes to swim or water ski but I will pass!
However – the views are awesome!
And we walked here often!
The trees are green with flowers almost all of themThis was laying on the ground and was really soft
In the opposite direction
we often walked more
simply because all the stores
bars and restaurants
saloons and barber shops
a lot of either one
and the smells of lunch – dinner
and music!
The entrance to the library to the right and our favorite coffee shop to the left Where Ella would have a chocolate chip cookie!
We would stop every evening
for a small coffee and ice tea
and just sit and watch the sunset
One of the many fountains in the park
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WHERE FRIENDS MEET THE FAMILY!
After our daily walk back to the confines of our rental and looking forward to our next walk!
Our vacation rental in the historic district of Winter Haven Florida! The entrance gate – some 20 feet high and locked – each time we leave the entire structure is block and stucco painted white like a fortress!
We rented this place through VRBO sight unseen
except in pictures and reviews
That is the chance you take
But – we took it and are happy with it!
As you enter – you are greeted by a long narrow hallway and a set of stairs to the second floor bedrooms full bathrooms and a small laundry room
You turn left into the dining room
with another narrow hallway leading past the kitchen
straight to the living room
with a half bath off this hallway to the right
The dinning room where I set up my office
and when we had company – ate our meals!
Off the dining room a narrow hallway with a half bath on the right and a doorway on the left to the galley kitchen straight a head is the cozy living room and beyond that a entirely closed in patio with 20 plus foot high walls!
The galley kitchen is narrow but has everything we needed!
View back toward the dinning roomView of the galley kitchen from the dinning room toward the living room
Although it was narrow – and not really a place for more than one
to work unless you were at opposite ends
it functioned well and we just got use to it!
The living room – very cozy with a log burning fireplace to the right which we used – buying those burning logs from the store the ones you just light and it burned for a good four hours! Ella – our grand daughter laughed at it saying it was a fake log but it did put off heat! And beyond – a enclosed patio with walls going up past the window on the second floor!
We were very comfortable in this room.
The furniture was white leather and very comfortable You can see in the other picture the enclosed back patio the walls went up above the second story bedroom window! We never used either patio it was too cool when we first arrived or we would get back home too late and after darkThe living room fireplaceThe front patio again with walls that went above the second floorAt the top of the stairs on the second floor the laundry room to the right and straight a head the guest bedroom and bath where Ella and later Sherry’s sister Debbie stayed.The spare guest room very comfortable as were all the bedsHuge closets that ran the whole length of the wall with lots of storage!The guest bathroom with a over head sky light that you did not need lights on during daylight!
The whole guest area was very comfortable and was entirely away
from the master bedroom!
The doors in the place were solid and very thick!
Even the doors to the stacked washer and dryer were solid and very thick All the door casings were made out of 2 x 12’s with 2×6 and 2×4 trimmed pieces! I have never seen this done before and all seemed to be rough cut!The master bedroom was large with a king sized bed and two very large closetsAnd also its own wood burning fireplace
Our bedroom was the biggest room in the entire house!
With its own TV and when the door was shut
you could hardly hear anything!
Master bath
Well – this was our home away from home!
And they told us that the next rental would be the last
through VRBO!
They were going to lease it by the year!
It was in a great spot as we walked almost everywhere
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The stairway down to the front door notice the hand rail all the casings and trim were like this!
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Front door to the gate and then the car parked right in front!
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