DeLand

It was such a great day, we decided to go for a motorcycle ride to DeLand, a little college town about 20 miles from here.  The grounds of Stetson University are just beautiful and the downtown is lined with lots of cute local shops and restaurants.

DeLand Opera House, built in 1892

Athens Theatre, built in 1922

The walls of many of the downtown buildings are painted with murals, which just adds to this town's charm:

This building mural is the backdrop for a cute little
downtown park

Paintings above the downtown shop awnings

Had a great lunch at the Brickhouse Grill...

... and then Joe found a place near and dear to his heart...

Sweet Things -- chocolate covered EVERYTHING
(including BACON!)