Tomorrow we will be leaving the "campground" where we've been for the last week. I use the term campground with caution as there aren't really campgrounds in these parts ~ here are rv parks and most don't allow tents or campfires or any of the other things I think constitute a campground. We have enjoyed the park we've been at but Rick didn't want to extend our stay here by a few days so we are heading, I think, about 100 miles south to an Elks Lodge in Brandon, FL.
Anyway, today we went out to lunch with our friends Dana and Wendy (who are leaving on yet another cruise on Wednesday ~ have fun guys). On the way to their house we came up next to this truck at a traffic light ~ tis the season for citrus harvests in these parts. There are fresh citrus fruit stands everywhere. It seemed odd to me to see Christmas decorations in the shopping center to the left but see a truck full of freshly picked oranges!
This is a photo of the beginning of their driveway ... just love those old oaks with the moss. It is a very long driveway - maybe 1/2 mile and narrow, sandy with low trees and the turn to their property is a sharp narrow one with a gate on either side. The first time we were down here a few years ago (on our way back from the Daytona Bike Week one October) we took the coach down this driveway! OOOOPS. Then last year we road our bikes down the sand driveway ... OOOOPS. Ever since then we take the car in four wheel drive down their driveway!
But look at this piece of property (and this is only part of their side yard!) It is so worth the driveway in any vehicle to get to this beautiful, secluded property. Just gorgeous and peaceful and quiet.
We went to lunch in "The Villages" ~ which is a huge planned community nearby. I seriously can't imagine why anyone would want to live in a planned community but obviously thousands upon thousands of people do ... check out the statistics on that link ~ it blew me away. The photo to the left is some of the thousands of golf carts parked in one of the "town centers" here. The next photo is them parked amongst the cars at one of the shopping centers .... they have their own tunnels, their own overpasses and their own roads ... some of them however are street legal. Keep in mind we are talking about a fairly geriatric community! YIKES
And lastly for today is yet another old oak tree. This one, however is dead - the green that you see is mistletoe! Rick wouldn't even get out of the car and go out into the field to "get me under the mistletoe" ~ what's up with that guy anyway?
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