PONCE DE LEON SPRINGS

ONE DAY WE DROVE OVER TO PONCE DE LEON, AND PONCE DE LEON  SPRINGS STATE PARK. IT IS JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM DEFUNIAK.

 WHEN I LIVED HERE THIS WAS A PRIVATELY OWNED SPRINGS.

WE WOULD COME SWIMMING HERE OFTEN,  BUT THERE WERE NO BUILDINGS THEN,  JUST THE COLD SPRINGS.

IT IS REALLY NICE NOW!  THIS IS THE BATHHOUSE.

THIS SIGN SAYS THE STATE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 1970 AND THE WATER IS 68 DEGREES.

NICE GROUNDS AND DECKS!

THE SPRINGS DID SEEM FAMILIAR TO ME. THIS IS THE WAY I REMEMBERED IT.

AND THE SPRINGS ARE  STILL BEAUTIFUL....CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER!!

THE ROCK WALL IN THIS PICTURE IS PART OF  THE ORIGINAL ROCK WALL,  I REMEMBERED THE ROCK WALL.

AND THE WATER FEELS COLDER THAN 68 DEGREES!!!

IT DIDN'T FEEL TOO BAD AFTER YOU WERE IN FOR A WHILE, BUT I HADN'T PLANNED ON GOING SWIMMING, JUST STUCK MY FEET IN, THAT WAS ENOUGH!!

 THERE WERE FOLKS SWIMMING AND JUMPING IN THE WATER.

DRIVING BACK INTO TOWN, WE DROVE BY MAGNOLIA CEMETARY, I REMEMBERED THAT.

AND THE COURT HOUSE.......

THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD COME FOR SUNDAY DINNER, IT WAS A VERY POPULAR RESTAURANT. IT LOOKS PRETTY RUN DOWN.

I ONLY REMEMBEMBER TWO RESTAURANTS IN DEFUNIAK....MOM AND  DAD'S, AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, AND THE ONE ABOVE, CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.

WE ATE HERE ONE EVENING....IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS I REMEMBERED IT TO BE.

I REMEMBERED THE AIRPORT.

AND THE  COUNTRY CLUB.

DADDY OWNED AN APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR LAKE DEFUNIAK. IT WAS STILL STANDING AND IN GREAT CONDITION.

THE MAIN ROAD WENT RIGHT BY THIS LITTLE PARK WHEN I LIVED HERE. IT'S A PRETTY SHARP CURVE, UNCLE LES HAD A WRECK HERE AND ALMOST DIED.