HERON
CAY Lakeview - a Four Diamond
Bed & Breakfast INN
HERON
CAY Lakeview - a Four Diamond
Bed & Breakfast INN
"An Authentic Recreation of a 1890's - with 8 'One of a Kind' Rooms, 9200+ Sq.Ft. QUEEN ANNE Victorian Mansion".
Located at 495 West Old Highway 441, Mount Dora, Florida 32757
Here Comes SPRING!! But briefly! Day's High - 80 Degrees and the Night's Low 60 Degrees
Christmas at the HERON CAY... Unrivaled & Uncompromising ~ AAA Four Diamonds for 17 Years ~ 1996 to 2012
AND for this Weekend's HIGHWAYMEN SHOW... the BEST Weather EVER!! 80/60... with 10% Chance of Rain !!
The 10th Mount Dora Florida Highwaymen SHOW & SALE is COMING - January 12th & 13th, 2013 !!
And NOW... We have the 2nd COLLABORATION RAFFLE Painting of Mount Dora's LIGHTHOUSE and Waterfront!
Done by the Seven Artists listed on the above POSTER !! It truly is a WOW... Painting!!
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Tickets for this RAFFLE Painting are $5.00 ea. or 5 for $20.00. Available in MOUNT DORA SHOPS!! OR Call us at HERON CAY... at 352-383-4050
**** Click Here... To View Our Rooms and General Rates !! **** Then CALL MARGIE at 352-383-4050 or 888-437-6622
*** MOUNT DORA's
Donnelly Park will be
Lighted Fri., Sat. & Sunday during January ***
*** Please CALL Margie 352-383-4050 / 888-437-6622 about 2/3 Night Specials *** eMail: innkeeper@heroncay.com
**** Click Here... To View Our Rooms and General Rates !! **** Then CALL MARGIE at 352-383-4050 or 888-437-6622
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Palms have Grown... And now... New landscaping...
SOON - Day HIGHs - 
Enjoy our newly landscaped 'Backyard and Pool'...
AAA - 1906
FOUR
DIAMONDS... For 17 Continuous
Years
AAA
- 2012
Please do not confuse
'Bought' "4 and 5-Star Ratings"...
with being 'Awarded' FOUR DIAMONDS by
AAA - This Is Not FOR SALE !!
To
See the STANDARDS to achieve AAA ' FOUR DIAMONDS '
... Please CLICK
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' A DIAMOND AFFAIR '
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Located in Beautiful Mount Dora, Florida... and just a 4
'MINI' Block walk to DOWNTOWN!! 
Situated on 2 plus Landscaped Acres Overlooking Lake Dora...
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The Many things to DO in and AROUND MOUNT DORA:
Boat Tours - Boat Rentals - Carriage Rides - Balloon Rides - Antique Shops - Golf - Horseback Riding - Kayaking
- Music - Tea Rooms - FOOD & WINE!! - Art Galleys - Sea Planes Rides
- AND Truly,
a 'ONE of a KIND' experience ...
the 'Orange Blossom
Cannonball'
Florida’s Historic 'Turn of the Century' Steam train! America’s #1 Movie Train
- '3:10 to Yuma' / 'True Grit' / 'Appaloosa'/ ' Rosewood'... Returns
September... SEE BELOW!!
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THE TRAIN IS BACK and RUNNING!!
FALL SEASON BEGAN SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 WITH THE RETURN OF FLORIDA’S ONLY OPERATING STANDARD GAUGE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.
CLICK on the STEAM ENGINE Above to receive MORE Information !
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?”.
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Relaxing on our Front Porch... you will forget ALL the Stresses the World !!
The ONLY Bed & Breakfast in MOUNT DORA to offer 'AIR SERVICE' at the Front Door !! (A function of the weather, however!)
**** Click Here... To View Our Rooms and General Rates !! ****
Our "STANDARD" Rooms start at $145 (Winter Weeknight)... and range in size from 250 ft2 to 320 ft2 (A 15 X 15 room is only 225 ft2) they overlook the Pool & Gardens !! All Rooms Include: FULL Private Bath - TV - WIFI - Refrigerator - Hair Dryer - Robes - MORE... and a 4+ Course Gourmet Breakfast!
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 !!!
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NOW
Available!! Seaplane Flights / Tours departing in MOUNT DORA !! ***
John is Back from the FROZEN North with his 1957 DeHaviland 'BEAVER' - For
Complete Information... Please 'CLICK' 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'...
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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...
Send eMail to: innkeeper@heroncay.com. However, there are so MANY Things to be DONE here... eMail is NOT INSTANTLY Checked!!
AAA - 1906
FOUR
DIAMONDS... For 17 Continuous
Years
AAA
- 2012
Heron
Cay B&B INN is
One of only TWO
B & Bs in FLORIDA Awarded the coveted Four Diamonds
by AAA
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..." ***
****
Click Here... To
View Our Rooms and General Rates !! ****
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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!!
One of the MOST photographed 'Landmarks' in Mount Dora!!
Truly an Escape to a Place lost in Time... in the Lakes and 'Foot Hills' of 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 around the
Pool... (Picture below is BEFORE the Plants GREW!!)
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!!
Expect... and Receive the BEST!! 17 Consecutive Years...
Awarded
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...
DIAMOND Rating
for Lodging
and Food.
Is it Time for that weekend GET-AWAY to Mount Dora?? We Qualify for that 'STAYCATION!!'
'WINTER' 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 FALL SPECIALS!! ***
Please CALL 352-383-4050 or 888-437-6622...
for
AAA
Four 
Diamond 'WINTER' Lodging RATES
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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!!
And here 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@her2th & 13thoncay.com
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The 10th Mount Dora
Florida Highwaymen
SHOW & SALE is COMING - January
12th & 13th, 2013 !!
1st - Aug., 2008
2nd - Jan.,
2009
3rd - Aug.,
2009
4th - Jan.,
2010
5th - Aug.,
2010
6th - Jan.,
2011 Above: Signed Posters and Flyers from the previous 6
Mount Dora Florida Highwaymen Events... AND are available FOR
PURCHASE - Please INQUIRE.
Call - 352-383-4050 or... eMail highwaymen@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
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...
December iss HERE... and we ARE SQUEEZING ORANGES for 'FRESH
SQUEEZED JUICE' AGAIN!!
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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...
.BMP)
Leave from our parking area via the 'Pathway to Town';
then connect
to the City's 'Walkway to Town'...
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Click... HOW to FIND US???
(Details & Pics are a little 'out dated'... but the Basics are still
correct!)
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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 !!
The
FOLLOWING is Just more of Randy's 'Babbling and Rambling'... (i.e. 'Blogging??')
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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 last July!!
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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, Star and Kalif 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'
most Greyhounds !!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our first Zoi... Jade, Jasmin
e, Star and now, on August 28th, KALIF... are Now 'Gone'... I shall never stop Crying for my 'LIF'...He has left his three ladies... ANASTASIA, 'Baby' DARLA... and PIXIE DUST!!
However... by shear 'accident'... three days after we lost our BOY... we were asked if we could 'foster' a 6 month old Girl Borzoi puppy. We said we would... She arrived on Labor Day: When she entered our home, and lives, we knew the 'Fostering' was over. Vonya... is in her 'Forever' home, with her 3 older 'Sisters'. Between the tears... I can again smile. It has taken some time for me to be able to edit this part of our Web Page.
Meet 'Vonya', our newest girl... following in her older sister's Paw Prints...
Sadly... without the watchful eyes of our Boy, Kalif... but now with her 'new' Sisters guiding her...
THEN...
And NOW... 
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It will be some time before I can address the loss of our Boy... Kalif... So I have not changed the following...
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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 - Summer of 2005:
One of Her first trips to the 'SANDBAR'... Darla becomes know as 'Fearless' Flying Darla !
Below - June 7th, 2006... Her second summer 'On the BAR' !
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 You WIMPS ?!?
"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 (23+)... Floors; Abby (16+)... Bookings Scotty (14+)... Computer
Guana is our Miracle Kitty... Now 2
3+, 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, over 4 1/2 years ago, we had to said 'Goodbye' to 'Mr. Jack'; and now, over 4 years ago, on 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!!
And now... something that NEVER crossed our minds...
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I am trying to update our Web Site... without
the help from our KIDS... We are all in Mourning...
'The Hounds of Heron Cay'...
Our
but without my 'BOY'... my 'SON'... Kalif, who Died Suddenly from 'Natural Causes'... August 28...
It seems like Yesterday, and Always Will... God, how I miss my BOY 'LIF'!
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This has been one of the most difficult things I have ever done... GOD, How I Loved My BOY!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA... If NOW... there is anything left to Bless...
Latest Revision - January 10th- 2013
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