Coquina Daily

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Trip to DeLeon Springs State Park

On Wednesday, approximately thirty residents of Coquina Crossing made their way to Deleon Springs State Park for a make your own pancakes brunch in the Old Spanish Sugar Mill restaurant. Brunch was followed by either a relaxing boat ride or a swim in the 72 degree water of the Springs. Al is hoping to have the June kayak outing at the Springs.
photos by Tom
 

Pam and Roseanne showed their prowess with both the grill and a knife and fork.



The Old Spanish Sugar Mill is a unique restaurant located inside the DeLeon Springs State Park Recreation Area . Opened in 1961 by Peter and Marjorie Schwarze, it has been serving in the same unusual style ever since.

Each of the tables is equipped with a griddle and they bring you pitchers of homemade pancake batters (both a stone ground mixture of five different flours and an unbleached white) and you pour them on and flip them over right at the table. You may order blueberries, bananas, peanut butter, pecans, chocolate chips, apples or apple sauce to create whatever sort of pancakes you choose. They have sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, homemade breads and an assortment of other treats to accompany your pancakes. The specialty, grill-your-own pancakes, are made from grain stone-ground on site with French buhr millstones. They have sandwiches and salads in addition to other breakfast items such as French toast & eggs. They serve the full menu all day until 4 PM.   link

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Grampa Ron

Ron sent these photos of his fourth grandchild, Claire Louise born Tuesday at 2:51 AM. He said: "I forgot how small those little people are."

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Quadruplets

I first became aware of these baby armadillos Sunday afternoon. Everyone thought it was a curiosity that they were out during the day. Since then, others have seen them rooting through the grass and under the shrubs. They are quite small - maybe eight inches long excluding their tails. One came up and sniffed at my toe then went back to rooting under the bushes.

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Today's Activities at Coquina Crossing

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Basket Making
10:00 Cribbage
1:00 Hand & Foot
4:00 Pickle Ball
7:00 Men s & Ladies Poker
7:00 Mah-jongg

Tomorrow's Activities at Coquina Crossing

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
8:00 Tennis
5:00 BYOB Social

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Click once a day to help feed rescue animals.

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Coquina Daily Sunset

Fortaleza de Lovrijenac by Miguel Angel