Sunday, October 8, 2017

The Waterfront Inn - Lake Sumter Landing, The Villages






The Waterfront Inn is a rather special place in The Villages.  Positioned along Lake Sumter, it offers an elegant hotel experience.  Persons from all over the world stay here while checking out The Villages.  Other guests are local - friends or relatives of current residents of The Villages.

The infamous sinking ship has been positioned in the waters in front of The Waterfront Inn for a number of years.  During that time, it gradually deteriorated to the point where it really began to sink.  Check our the black and white photo and you will see what I mean.  That's when the powers-that-be stepped in and did whatever was necessary to keep it afloat.  

The rusty old bucket, a shrimp boat, I believe, has become iconic.  I'm guessing several million photos have been taken of it by residents and visitors alike.  Heck, I've got about one million myself!  

23 comments:

Halcyon said...

The hotel looks really nice! We plan to spend some time in Arizona this year. Maybe we'll be back in Florida in 2018 and will consider the Villages. ;-)

Bill said...

The rusted ship is a great photo opp, I love it.

Andy said...

Today's post makes me want to spend a few weeks in Florida.

Linda said...

What a beautiful place, Lowell! Spectacular views, too! Looks like my kind of place. Thank you so much for sharing, dear friend.

William Kendall said...

Quite a posh place!

Small City Scenes said...

Interesting big inn. Of course I would have a plethora images of the rusting old boat.
MB

Michelle said...

I do like that rusty boat!!!

Kay said...

It's hard to believe that Florida was having such nasty weather just a while back. The Villages, at least, looks placid and lovely.

Taken For Granted said...

Fine series on this posh Inn. Especially like your b&w shot of the sinking boat. Sinking boats look best in b&w.

Bergson said...

A old boat very beautiful

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Com uma bela localização.
Um abraço e boa semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros

Karl said...

What a wonderful place, Lowell !

RedPat said...

This looks like a great spot to spend some time, Lowell!

Lois said...

Looks fancy! The views must be spectacular too.

Marleen said...

A very attractive place. I like your first photo!

Grant Nguyen said...

I would totally want to go on the abandoned boat... but I'd probably get tetanus.

Sharon said...

That inn is very attractive. It looks like a nice place to stay. However, that rusty ship takes the prize. I'd love to photograph it from all different angles.

Stefan Jansson said...

Ha, great with the old iconic ship.

Revrunner said...

Kind of humorous to think about what the ship's owner was thinking as he abandoned it.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

That's definitely a photo op there.... love it. When we stayed on the Texas Gulf Coast we saw people going shrimping in boats that were just a shade less rusty -- we couldn't believe it!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

This is definitely where I'm checking in if ever I come over Lowell 😀 what a wonderfully romantic looking building, and in such a super spot. I bet it is so elegant inside too. The rusty old ship adds a certain charm to the scene ☺

orvokki said...

Lovely photos. The color-photo and the B/W-photo are great, I like both. And the last image is wonderful. You have there a real summer, I see. We have raining and raining all the time.

stardust said...

Dear Lowell - Such a beautiful inn and it looks like a good place to relax and enjoy oneself. I like to stay at a room overlooking the sea. There must be a story behind the abandoned ship.

Yoko

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." — Henri Cartier-Bresson