Woodworking in Orlando?

[atgcpaul]

Driving to Orlando with the family. Will be there tomorrow (Sunday) until we get on the cruise ship Thursday. Any woodworking or crafty things to see in Orlando area? Looking for local artisans or craft district to do some window shopping.

Thanks,
Paul

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Welcome to Orlando. Temps will be in the 70s and 80s. Little precip.

Week's activities in Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/events/

Here is a full day with little driving between stops:

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, FL
"Art & objects from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Laurelton Hall"
Largest collection of Tiffany art glass in the world
Also nice collection of museum quality Arts and Crafts furniture
http://www.morsemuseum.org/

Shop and dine on Park Avenue, Winter Park (the same street as Morse Museum)
http://experienceparkavenue.com/

Skycraft Parts & Surplus, Inc.
2245 West Fairbanks Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
Electronic etc parts. I bet that you will find something that you didn't know that you "needed."
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/

BBQ at 4Rivers (down the street from Skycraft)
1600 West Fairbanks Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
http://4rsmokehouse.com/

Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Ave
Orlando, Florida
http://www.omart.org/

Mennello Museum of American Art (across the street from OMA)
900 E. Princeton St., Orlando, FL
Traveling and permanent collections
http://www.mennellomuseum.com/

Ivanhoe Row (a few blocks from OMA and Mennello)
Orange Ave, just north of downtown Orlando.
http://www.floridatravellife.com/art...rlando-florida

Enzian Theater (about a mile north of the days activities)
1300 South Orlando Avenue
Maitland, FL 32751
After a full day of museums and shopping, catch a limited run movie in a wonderful setting where you can enjoy a light meal during the movie.
http://www.enzian.org/

Full day trips:

>> Must Visit -
Kennedy Space Center (near the cruise port)
Located in east Central Florida and just a short drive from Orlando. The Complex is located just to the west on 405. Use GPS coordinates, 28o31'34.10"N and 80o40'45.12"W.
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/

Warbird Adventures and Kissimmee Air Museum
Kissimmee Gateway Airport
233 N. Hoagland Blvd.
Kissimmee, FL 34741
http://www.warbirdadventures.com/

Fantasy of Flight
1400 Broadway Blvd. S.E.
Polk City, FL 33868
http://www.fantasyofflight.com/

Catch a day at the beach in Cocoa Beach, near the port.

Have a great trip,

- Lonnie

[atgcpaul]

Thanks Lonnie!

[capncarl]

Hope you are not leaving from Tampa on the cruise. I won't ever do that again. We left from there the week of Thanksgiving and had to wait in line from 10am until 5:30pm to get on the boat, in the cold threating to rain. Parking situation is awful also, no where enough to handle parking for 3 cruise ships x 2. What a mistake, Tampa has not got their act together here.
capncarl

[atgcpaul]

OK, first off, what is up with the foul tasting water in Florida?

Unfortunately we haven't had a chance to do any activities Lonnie suggested. On the drive down 95 on Sunday (after car wouldn't start because of drained battery from left on dome light), a rock hit my windshield making a nickel sized crack which grew to 8" by the morning. Had to cancel the Monday in-town repair to wait for onsite replace on Tuesday. Anyway, we've had fun chilling at the condo with all my cousins and kids' cousins so we haven't not had things to do. The horrendous traffic on the 4 was enough to keep us in. I don't want to tempt fate.

We are leaving from Port Canaveral tomorrow. Just booked parking at the terminal.

We're taking Amtrak auto train back.

Merry Christmas everyone
Paul

[capncarl]

That is what water is suppose to taste like!
Most of Fla. such a large underground acquifer system that it blows out in springs and forms major rivers. Some of the unusual taste is from the different rocks it flows through, somtimes it is a sulfur taste but most flows through limestone and is considered hard water. You may be use to water that flows through hard rocks and is soft water. A lot of the Tampa area water is desaltinated sea water that goes through reverse osmosis and all kind of scrubbing processes and is about as pure as is gets, they have to add minerals back to it to make it where you can drink it.

Let us know how the Amtrack trip home works out.

Capncarl

[Stytooner]

Different places around the country have widely varying water flavor. My Dad's house in the same county is under a different water management authority and his water tastes pretty bad to me. We don't drink ours much and it is filtered again when we do. but it does taste good. I don't drink his at all. I often take a case or two of bottled water over there though. He's got this huge swimming pool, you see, and that water doesn't bother me.

[thiggy]

Lonnie, that Tiffany exhibit at Morse Museum sounds a good bit like what I remember seeing years ago at Rollins College. Is there any relationship between the two?

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Right you are. Here is the relationship between the museum and Rollins College ...
http://www.morsemuseum.org/morse-history

- Lonnie

[atgcpaul]

Some things weren't meant to be. I'll have to plan better next time--and avoid flying rocks. We had some time to kill after disembarking the cruise ship and boarding the train (delayed an hour so we're waiting at the terminal right now) that we tried to get to some of these spots before we left. Skycraft looked cool but closed on Sundays. The Morse didn't open until 1pm but we did have a nice stroll in Winter Park. Reminded us of downtown LA Jolla when we lived in San Diego.