From Gainesville, Georgia and I drove for about an hour west to Trenton, FL, a tiny little town in the Suwannee River Valley whose claim to fame is that it has a major quilting jamboree each spring and a very well provisioned quilt shop. This, of course is why we went there, to further Georgia's objective of visiting every quilt shop in the lower 48. We passed through a few small towns en route, including Newbury which had a few interesting buildings. This area is "Old Florida", with a true deep south feel, a slow pace and a look and feel that probably has not changed much over the last 50 years or longer. By the early evening we completed the four hour drive to our next destination, Pine Island, on the Gulf Coast near Fort Myers.
Compas Rose quilt motiveCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 11:57 AM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Several Trenton buildings had nicely painted muralsCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 11:59 AM•Views: 18No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Suwannee Valley Quilt Shop, formely a Coca Cola bottling plant for 50 yearsCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:00 PM•Views: 18No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Railroad mural recallin Trenton's days as a railroad stopCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:06 PM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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WIder view-Railroad mural recallin Trenton's days as a railroad stopCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:06 PM•Views: 23No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Quilt MuralCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:07 PM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Most old Florida twons have water towers like thisCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:08 PM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The City Bar-"here good friends meet"Capture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:09 PM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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You have to love a bar with a drive through windowCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:09 PM•Views: 17No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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An array of shops on Trenton's main streetCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:11 PM•Views: 23No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The old Trenton Ice HouseCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:12 PM•Views: 20No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Trentons town HallCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:26 PM•Views: 22No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Only stonework survived this house fireCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 12:30 PM•Views: 23No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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We stopped here for lunch on our way to Pine IslandCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 01:36 PM•Views: 18No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Small family run restaurants survive in rural Florida, thankfullyCapture Date: Jan 31, 2014 01:36 PM•Views: 18No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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