AAA Four 
DIAMONDS...
For 17 Continuous
Years
AAA
- 2012HERON CAY Lakeview Bed & Breakfast INN; 8 Room - 9000+ sq.ft. - A Recreation of a 1890's - QUEEN ANNE Victorian Mansion
AAA
- 1906
AAA Four DIAMONDS...
For 17 Continuous
Years
AAA
- 2012
**** SPECIAL !! 'STAY' SATURDAY NIGHT... And SUNDAY NIGHT Is FREE !! ****
The
HERON CAY... Unrivaled
& Uncompromising ~ NOW for
17
Years ~
1996 to 2012 !-800x422.jpg)
495 West Old Highway 441, Mount Dora, Florida 32757 - - 352-383-4050 / 888-437-6622
One of the MOST photographed 'Landmarks' in Mount Dora!!
** This WEEKEND - PERFECT Weather in Mount Dora! **
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Florida's Spring IS HERE !! And OUR Weather is PERFECT!!
Highs
in LOW 70s!!
With Lows in
MID 40s!!
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Please Do not confuse a 'Bought' "5-Star Rating"... with being 'Awarded' AAA FOUR DIAMONDS - 'Not For SALE'
**** Click Here... To View Our Rooms and General Rates !! ****
Our "STANDARD" Rooms start at $145 (Weeknight)... and range in size from 250 ft2 to 320 ft2... they overlook the Pool & Gardens !!
(For a 'Better' feel of the sizes: A 15 X 15 room is only 225 ft2 and a 15 X 20 is 300 ft2)
All
Rooms Include: FULL Private Bath - TV - WIFI - Refrigerator - Hair Dryer - Robes - MORE... and a 4+ Course Gourmet Breakfast!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Located in Beautiful Mount Dora, Florida... and just a 4
'MINI' Block walk to DOWNTOWN!!
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Situated
on 2 plus Landscaped Acres Overlooking Lake Dora...
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The
Many things to DO in and AROUND MOUNT DORA: Boat
Rides - Seaplane Tours - Carriage Rides - Music - Antique Shops - Golf - Horseback Riding -
Kayaking - FOOD & WINE!!
THE
TRAIN IS BACK !!
All Aboard the 'Orange Blossom
Cannonball', Central Florida’s historic steam train!
America’s #1 Movie Train gives you the opportunity to ride
on the actual train that
starred in many award winning motion pictures
including: “True Grit”, “Appaloosa”, “3:10 to
Yuma”, “There Will be Blood”, “Rosewood”, and “Oh Brother, Where Art
Thou?”.
CLICK
on the STEAM ENGINE Above to receive MORE Information !
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Relaxing on our Front Porch... you will forget ALL the Stresses
the World !!
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Come stay with Us
and Soar with the
EAGLES ~~
****
Click Here... To
View Our Rooms and General Rates !! **** Visit
the DOZENS of Antique Shops in and around Mount Dora: Depart from Downtown
via WATER... Take a Pontoon Boat Tour of the Unspoiled DORA CANAL...
or Enjoy a Beautiful Sunset CRUISE (Go to DORA
CANAL):
View the Rolling Hills and Lakes by AIR...
aboard a HOT AIR BALLOON (Go to ROHR
BALLOONS)... and NOW
BY AIR!!! 'READ' ON !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming
to HERON CAY - February 8, 9, 10, and 11,
2012. 
Due to a FAMILY Emergency - WE now have ONE Room Available for the Workshop
For Information about the 4 day Workshop, go to www.johnjlopinot.com
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Spring
is beginning in Mount
Dora... Days in the 70's... with Nights in the 50's !!
***
NOW
Available!! Seaplane Flights / Tours departing in MOUNT DORA !! ***
For
Complete Information... Please 'CLICK' on the 1957 DeHaviland 'BEAVER'
below...
In the Tradition of MOUNT
DORA... Go back in time to View the LAKES & 'Mini' MOUNTAINS of LAKE
County, aboard a CLASSIC - FULLY RESTORED - FAA Commercially CERTIFIED
- 1957 DeHaviland 'BEAVER'... Powered by the Legendary Pratt & Whitney R-985,
450 HP Supercharged Pratt & Whitney 9 Cylinder Radial Engine... ***
The same engines were used on the 'ICONIC' GRUMMAN GOOSE ***
and
as on JIMMY BUFFET's Newest 'GOOSE' - (2009) !!
A Weekend in MOUNT
DORA -- A GIRL'S GET AWAY... And/Or a GUYS' Awesome GOLF Plus
GET AWAY !! !!
Please CALL 352-383-4050 or 888-437-6622...
for AAA Four
DIAMONDS 'SPRING' Lodging RATES
Send eMail to: innkeeper@heroncay.com.
However, there are so
MANY Things to be DONE here... eMail is NOT INSTANTLY Checked!!
****
Click Here... To
View Our Rooms and General Rates !! **** ALL Rooms have FULL (Tub & Shower) PRIVATE
Baths, Televisions, Small Refrigerator,
Hair Dryers & BATH ROBES and WIFI !!
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PLEASE Remember - the Old 'Idiom' : " You ' GET ' what you pay for..." ***
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When you want to 'Get Out of Florida'
on a tank of Gas... Come To Beautiful, Mystical
Mount Dora, located
in Central Florida ...
You will feel you are in... the 'Foot hills' of the Carolina's... Pennsylvania... 'Up State' New York... Vermont... New Hampshire... almost anywhere in the Northeast... and with a little Imagination... England, Austria, Germany... But the 'Palms' are a Dead Give Away!
A 'BRIGHT' Spot in your Mount Dora Visit!!
Truly an Escape to a Place lost in Time... in the Lakes and 'Foot Hills' of Central Florida !!
Margie and I invite you to Come stay at Central Florida's ONLY AAA Four DIAMOND Bed & Breakfast Inn... 17th Year !!
During the Day... Relax and Cool Off around the Pool...
and in the Evening,
'Sip' your favorite beverage as you Enjoy the end of another Perfect,
Mount Dora DAY!!
Another Beautiful Sunset... A Truly , ROMANTIC Experience!!
In the TRAVEL Section of the Palm Beach Post, Sunday, January 27, 2008, we were included in an article titled:
The 10 most romantic Florida B&Bs... Click HERE to Read!!
Written A couple of Years AGO... But nothing has chanced... We STILL ARE!!
For
17
years, we have been
Awarded AAA
Four
DIAMOND Rating
for Lodging
and Food: Expect... and Receive the BEST !!
If you only wish a 'Motel Room' for the night... You will find a nice selection on NEW Highway 441 at the 'Best Western', 'Motel 6', 'Comfort Suites', Etc...
Mount Dora FL Bed and Breakfast Rooms/Rates
Is it Time for that weekend GET-AWAY to Mount Dora?? We even Qualify for that 'STAYCATION!!'
....
DIAMONDS...
1996 through 2012... 17 Years !
SPRING Accommodations starting at $145.00 / $195.00 (weeknight / weekend) - Inquire for Specials
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When visiting... Always leave time to Experience the Charm of MOUNT DORA... by LAND or AIR!!
Be picked up at our Inn by HITCH-N-TIME's Horse and Carriage
Click on the Picture Above to go to the HITCH N TIME Site... It tells it ALL!! and tell them Randy & Margie sent you!!
Or 'FLY / DRIFT' AWAY In a Hot Air Balloon...
Click on the Picture Above to go to Chuck Rohr's Site... It tells it ALL!! and tell Him Randy & Margie sent you!!
If the weather is 'RIGHT'... you can Walk out the Front Door... 'Hop' Aboard... and Depart from Heron Cay's Front Yard!!
Then... GO KAYAKING through the REAL FLORIDA you saw from the SKY!!!!!
*** Central Florida Kayak Tours ***
Please CLICK ON the Picture ABOVE to view their WEB SITE! It is a MUST See! And tell them Randy & Margie sent you!!
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*** INQUIRE for SPRING SPECIALS!! ***
Please CALL 352-383-4050 or 888-437-6622...
for
AAA
Four 
Diamond 'SPRING' Lodging RATES
To
View Rooms and Rates... Please Click Here!!
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The MOUNT
DORA Area is About ANTIQUES, EVENTS, FESTIVALS and ESCAPE from the Everyday WORLD!!
If
you want to know EVERYTHING going on HERE...Click
to Visit:
and
Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce!!
Above is How the 'Chamber's Current Home' looked in 1922 !
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And for MORE things to Do In and Around MOUNT DORA...
Visit... LAKE County to See ALL that is HAPPENING... NEARBY!!
For a 'Quick' Historical Look at Mount Dora... go 'visit'... Dora Ann Drawdy
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Call Margie at HERON CAY: 352-383-4050 or Toll Free at 888-HERONCAY (888-437-6622) to Book one of MOUNT DORA's Legendary Festivals, Events or Just a FUN FILLED Weekend / Weekday!!
Send eMail to: innkeeper@heroncay.com. However, there are so MANY Things to be DONE here... eMail is NOT INSTANTLY Checked!!
We have Eight Rooms available to our Guests: All with FULL (Tub & Shower) Private Baths, Small Refrigerator/Freezers, Televisions and WI-FI. Including 'ZOI' Garden, our first floor room which is fully ADA Compliant and also 'PET(s)' Friendly!
**** Click Here... To View Our Rooms and General Rates !! ****
************** PLEASE NOTE!! **************
WARNING!!!! Many 'Internet and GPS MAPS' will give the WRONG Location if our address is entered incorrectly!! Especially 'GPS Nav Systems' !! When in doubt, please contact Margie at 352-383-4050 (Toll Free 888-Heroncay) or eMail her at... innkeeper@heroncay.com
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~~And Now... A Tour AROUND the Inn !! ~~
Hopefully you have seen the 'BEDS'... here is the 'BREAKFAST' !!
All Lodging comes with OUR 'Gourmet' Breakfast Buffet !!
WELCOME to DORA's ROOM... Coffee is 'OUT' at 8:00 AM in...
Our Spacious, 650 square foot, Breakfast Area and Guest Lounge, boasting the Largest of Our SIX Fireplaces!!
On 'This Wall'... the Paintings of Three 'CLASSIC' Highwaymen... Harold, Alfred and James...
The 'WARM and FUZZY' Dinning Room !! Where Our Breakfast Buffet is served 365 Days a YEAR!!
Living Up to Our 4
DIAMONDS... Breakfast begins with one of Randy's 'Generous' Fruit Platters and Margie's Fresh Nut Breads!!
Our Guests enjoy their meal on RS Prussia and RS Germany Porcelain from the early 1900s...
using Randy's Mother's LADY HAMILTON Silverware from the 1940's.
Margie is the BAKER!! Breakfast begins with her Freshly Baked Nut Bread and Ends with one of her AWESOME Desserts !!
And In Between, one of her many Delicious Egg Casseroles, accompanied by...
One of Randy's Creations (seen above), a variation on 'Margie's Mom's Fried / Poached Eggs -- These over Bacon, Ham, and Mushrooms... then topped with Assorted Cheeses... with his Specially Seasoned Sausage Patties!! HEY... your on Vacation!!
For
nearly 75% of the Year (November through July) the 'Citrus Season' is here...
And the 'SEASON' is NOW !! And we are serving FRESH SQUEEZED OJ!!
AND
Now... 5 YEARS since planting... Our 'RUBY RED' Grapefruit and 'RED' Navels are BOUNTIFUL!
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You
are Invited to Relax in the PARLOR...
The
'Reading Room' or 'Mini-Museum': Available
to our Guests - 24 Hours a Day - 365 Days a Year !!
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Parking in Downtown Mount Dora may be VERY difficult to find on Weekends
and during Special Events...Not to Worry!!
Just leave your car, and... Downtown is only 4 Short Blocks
away...
Leave from our parking area via the 'Pathway to Town';
then connect
to the City's 'Walkway to Town'...
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AAA
Four .BMP)
Diamond 'SPRING' Lodging
CALL
Margie, Owner / Innkeeper, at
352-383-4050, or Toll Free 888-HERONCAY (437-6622)
for Information and Reservations....
If NOT in a HURRY!!
Send Snail Mail to: 495 West Old
U.S. Hwy 441, Mount Dora, Florida 32757
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Click...
HOW to FIND US???
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From the 'Tradition' of our Palm Beach Gardens'
HERON CAY Intracoastal Bed & Breakfast...
When Life was an 'Endless' Party!! The ORIGINAL HERON CAY... 1991 -
2002 !!
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The
FOLLOWING is Just more of Randy's 'Babbling and Rambling'... (i.e. 'Blogging??') ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **
About US and Our
'Kids' **
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****PLEASE NOTE... ALL
of Our KIDS live in OUR Area...****
They are always
nearby... But DO NOT 'roam' the B&B...
and are NEVER in the Bedrooms (other than the PET FRIENDLY Rooms) !!
You will hardly know they are here...
unless you would like to meet them! Two of our 'Zoi' girls have Never
'Barked' and One of those, Pixie Dust, was Nine
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Below... 1996 - Our First Borzoi; Lady Jade at 9 months, chasing Super Star at 3 months,.. on 'The Sandbar'; their Favorite Place to Be! Sadly... Jade, Jasmine and Star are Gone... CLICK 'HERE' to Visit our Current Wonderful BORZOI - 'ZOI' - (aka... Russian Wolfhounds)!!
BORZOI 'Cruise' at 30+ mph !! At 'FLANK SPEED'... They can 'Run Down' a RABBIT... and/or 'out run' a Greyhound !!
Our first Zoi... Jade, Jasmine and Star... are Now 'Gone'... I shall always Cry for 'THEM'...
Then Kalif and Star; And NOW, Kalif, Anastasia, 'Baby' DARLA... and PIXIE DUST!!
And little has Changed... still THEIR Favorite Place to be...'On the SANDBAR!!'... And OURS... to be with Our Beloved BORZOI !
October 1st, 2008
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April 14th, 2011... not Much has Changed!
Below - June 7th, 2006: One of 'Fearless' Flying Darla's First trips to the 'SANDBAR'
And below... 5 YEARS Later - June 1st, 2011
'Check' the PAWS! She is Still FLYING HIGH!!
This is Darla when we told her this was the LAST Trip to the SANDBAR until next Summer...
But on April 14th, 2011...
We're BACK !!
DARLA!! YES! I am BACK!! And ... doing what I love BEST... 'BREAK DANCING' !!
June
Okay... Let's GO... What's the Matter with you ALL?!?
"Okay... I'm Out Voted!" All On their way back home... to CRASH in the Parlor!
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Darla's Early Days... at 20 weeks... with Kalif...
'Robbing the Cradle... She's Mine' !!!
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There are few things on this EARTH, that mean as Much to US, as OUR BORZOI... and KITTIES!!
BORZOI only GIVE... and Ask BACK... LOVE!!
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'The Hounds of Heron Cay'... Our Zoi... Darla, Anastasia, Pixie Dust and Kalif... and Our Kitties:
Guana... Polishing the Floor; Abby...In charge of Reservations Scotty...DAMN... DAD Sold my PORSCHE!!
Guana is our Miracle Kitty... Now 22+, and 'getting' younger everyday !
and Now our Newest little Boy... TOMMY TIKI !!
He LOVES NAPPING... AND FOOD!! He and Darla 'Swapping' Dinner Bowls... Darla 'got' the 'Shorter' End of the Deal!!
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In 2008, Two of Our 'Kids' left us: On May 25th, we had to said 'Goodbye' to 'Mr. Jack'; and then, October 28th, to 'Foxy Guy'... it was like Yesterday: and NO, I Never 'Let Go of', or Forget, my 'Kids'... DAD.
Please Click on their Pictures... to visit 'Their SITES'
'Mr. Jack, the CAT'... 13 years Young... too Young to leave us 'Foxy Guy'... 15 years Young
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They ALL Were, still ARE and always will BE... a Major Part of OUR Lives!!
It is impossible to find 'Words'... to convey how much ALL of Our 'Kids' have meant, and still mean to us!!
We Love you All so MUCH... Mom & Dad!!
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We are constantly updating Our Web Site... with help from ALL of our KIDS...
'The Hounds of Heron Cay'... Our Zoi... Darla, Anastasia, Pixie Dust and Kalif...
and ALL of the 'KITTIES' of Heron Cay !!
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