DeLeon Springs & the Old Spanish Sugar Mill

While in FL we made a little jaunt over to a place called DeLeon Springs. It is state park about 40 mins from my family’s house. We were going for the “make your own breakfast at your table” restaurant that was there. It was called The Old Spanish Sugar Mill. Now I have to admit, I thought it was a bit weird to drive 40 mins for breakfast…and by the time we got there and got served it was almost 10:30, but it was worth it.

There was a nice little swimming area there with a spring in the middle that apparently has water that is 72 degrees year round. And there were even some old folks swimming in there which was cool. The outside weather itself was low 70’s…so a bit cold for swimming at any time, but they seemed to like it. We enjoyed hanging out there waiting for our table.
Then we were finally called and got ready to eat. They brought us pitchers of pancake batter. One with some rustic brown flour batter and one with regular batter. We got to pour it and make our own. We even had to make our own eggs…but thank goodness they cooked the bacon for us. Although we did put it back on the griddle for a little more cooking.
After a yummy filling meal we headed out to leave…but soon discovered the beautiful huge oaks covered with Spanish moss. We went over to them and played around a bit. One limb was low to the ground and could be used almost as a swing. Way cool! Having fun like they did in the good ole days!!