Went on a ride to DeLeon Springs State Park and had breakfast at the Old Sawmill Grill. The CFLRiders motorcycle group had about 10-12 people ride from the southside of O-town up to Deland vie the scenic route. I left Sebring at 6:30 am and got to the Panera meeting place at 8:15 without any problems except for seeing a mega roadkill on the side of the road. The carcass was a LARGE wild boar that was about 5 feet long and probably would tip the scales at 250-300 pounds. Luckily someone else had the honor of hitting him, but he was still laying on the side of Hwy27 and everytime I see one I am glad it was not me that was cosmically chosen to be the one to send the boar on to the great pig pen in the sky. That would hurt on a motorcycle.
After meeting up and rolling out, we had a nice ride thru Winter Garden, Oakland, Mt. Dora, and the western rural side of Orlando. We also rode around Sugarloaf mountain(?) which is the "butt kicker" on the Hilly Hundred Bicycle wide in the Clermont. We saw probably 20-30 bicyclist out in groups this morning. It is kind of funny because a lot of cyclist in Central Florida say that Sugarloaf is a monster, but when you look at any of the hills or mountains in GA or the Carolina's, Sugarloaf is a warmup ant hill. I guess it is what you are used to.
We rolled into the state park after about 90 miles and settled in to our tables after a 10 minute wait. Each table seats 6-8 people and they have two griddles built into the center of the tables. They bring out pitchers of batter and spatula's and you are in charge of cooking up your own pancakes. They have wheat and white batter and then little dishes of chocolate chips, blueberry's, pecans and other toppings. The building this is housed in is an original saw mill they preserved and turned into a restaraunt and there are only 8-10 tables total in a small area, but it is rustic and "antique" and a pretty cool atmosphere. The pancakes were good, but since I am a Iron Chef when it comes to pancakes, I think their batter was a little too heavy, it could have used a little more baking soda and powder which would make more bubbles and a lighter fluffer pancake when cooked. But the taste was good and I put away 4 or 5 or maybe 7 pancakes by the time we threw in the towel and called it quits.
After rolling out and taking a short walk and shooting the gossip bull for a little while I saddled up and rolled south. Stopped in to see a friend in Orlando for a while and then got back to Sebring around 7pm. Even after the stack o' flap jacks I destroyed, by the time I got back in town I was starting to get a little peckish so I stopped in to the CaddyShack for a snack and they had the full Christmas decor going with lights, tree, wreaths and Christmas music going. So After grubbing up I came home and pulled out the IPod and cranked up my good friend Christine's Christmas Music Compilation, ran the A/C down to 71 degrees to make it feel a little cool and Christmasy. So after 23 of the best Christmas tune's I am officially in the holiday mood. Although a little shot of snow would really help. So thanks to Christine for the Christmas tune's and the cheer, thanks to the sawmill for good food and a good time with friends, and thanks the big man above for a beautiful day and a great ride.
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