Sugar Mill Gardens

We experienced mostly warm, well, very warm for December, temperatures while my parents were visiting. We were able to work in trips to the beach, gardens, etc.

On one of the warmer days, we went to Sugar Mill Gardens. The boys were not at all excited about going, but once they got there they had a good time. Ethan is turning into a teenager and must listen to his iPod everywhere we go! I suppose I should accept the fact and move on, but he is only 9!

This is my favorite spot at the gardens. This bridge was built by the local Eagle Scouts and just to the left of it is a giant land sloth statue.
Here is a picture of the old sugar mill ruins. The plantation was destroyed by the Seminoles and never rebuilt.

Live oaks. Okay, while most people comment about how beautiful the live oaks are, I still cannot agree!

Will standing with some sort of sugar milling device!

At one point, the plantation was an amusement park. All that is left of the amusement are the dinosaurs. The boys like searching for them throughout the gardens.

Doesn't Noah looked thrilled to be here??

More dinosaur action.

And another.