Mount Dora | | Florida Rambler

Organized bike festivals create safer longer rides for bicyclists while giving them beautiful places to explore and enjoy the scenery.

Central Florida, Festivals, Historic

Mount Dora: Eight big weekend festivals plus year-round charm

by Bonnie Gross

Mount Dora is a historic town that has figured out how to keep people visiting: Maximize the natural beauty and develop big arts, crafts and antique festivals.

Birding, Camping, Central Florida, Kayak & Canoe, Springs

Wekiva River Basin’s stunning beauty invites paddlers, campers, hikers and bikers

by Bob Rountree

Not all of Central Florida’s magic is at Disney. North of Orlando is a vast ecological preserve that offers an abundance of recreational opportunities with unique exposure to Florida’s great outdoors.

Camping, Central Florida, Kayak & Canoe

Kayaking Blackwater Creek & Lake Norris: Splendid waterways to discover

by Bonnie Gross

Blackwater Creek, a little-known river near Orlando, has over-the-top scenery where it flows out of Lake Norris. It’s an easy paddle worth seeking out for its great beauty. You can even arrange for free canoes.