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3/2/2009

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_2 March ‘09 Monday

Once again we’ve moved on…  Sunday afternoon we moved into Florida and settled at the Sunset King Lake Resort.  This RV resort is about 7 miles outside of DeFuniak Springs and sits on the banks of King Lake and about 40 miles north of Fort Walton Beach. 

This afternoon we drove into DeFuniak Springs in search of groceries.  They told us that we had a choice of 3, Thriftway, Win Dixie, and Wal-Mart so today we chose Wal-Mart.  2 weeks ago we stocked the shelves and refrigerator, and it for some reason it cost us over $185.  Unfortunately neither one of us gave much thought to the bill coming to $185 until we got back to the coach and started to think about how much we spent…$185 DOLLARS !!!  We dug for the receipt and for some reason we couldn’t find it…  “Did we or Didn’t we SPEND THAT MUCH ????”  OK, what do you do ?  Not much except to spend a little more time checking on what we spend….  Well today we paid a more attention on what we got and what we spent. 

After filling the back seat with our purchases we headed back to see the sights around DeFuniak Springs.  Driving through town earlier we noticed some beautiful old homes surrounding the Lake DeFuniak. 


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_With the city being developed in 1881 as a railroad town for the Pensacola & Atlantic (Louisville & Nashville) Railroad, and now having a population of only 7,000+- living here, they sure have a large number of beautiful old Victorian homes to show for it.  A lot of these homes circle the lake, and try as I might, I couldn’t do justice with a photo to show the beauty of it all.  There was one photo that I wish I had taken (I’ll get it later and post it here), and it was of the oldest library in Florida… OK, here is the DeFuniak Library...

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_This beautiful building sits on the banks of Lake DeFuniak and is still an operating public library today.  When we looked inside this afternoon, we were asked if we would like a tour.  Mounted on the walls of the library, are a very old collection of ancient weapons, from knives to guns, from mesh armor to axes and much more.  Also they have this beautiful "music box".

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_All of these were donated by local families who had collected these for years.  A note for this area that I find interesting is, Lake DeFuniak is one of two naturally round spring fed lakes in the world.  The other being located near Zurich, Switzerland…how about that ?  One more item of interest…  Each year, the Chautauqua assembly gathers

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_in DeFuniak Springs to celebrate the history of the assembly and to carry on the tradition.  You might ask; What is there “tradition”? and who are the “Chautauqua”?...well, your going to have to Google to find out more

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