Jubilee Orchards – Tallahassee, FL – Sunday May 7, 2017
We took a short (about 10 mile) drive up Miccosukee Road this afternoon to a you-pick-em blue berry orchard: Jubilee Orchards. It was a nice way to spend a not too warm spring Sunday, except of course for the gnats… But in any case we would highly recommend heading out there, but you’d better hurry,…
New Smyrna Beach – November 2016
A few snaps from our Thanksgiving 2016 trip to New Smyrna Beach (with the DeLand group to follow). We made a pilgrimage to The Bob Ross Art Workshop and Gallery, which was right next to the wonderful Schnaps ‘N Stuff and a brand new(!) Twistee Treat, still having the chocolate painted on! Right across from…
Daytona Beach – just after Hurricane Matthew – October 13 2016
Daytona Beach just after Hurricane Matthew, October 13, 2016. This first group of pictures is on A1A and the Hilton Hotel. The hotel I was originally booked in for the night, The Plaza, didn’t are too well as you can see; in fact it looked a bit like The Tower of Terror in one picture. The…
Six Gun Territory Reunion – Kirby Family Farm – Williston, FL – September 10, 2016
When I was a kid we did a couple of weekend trips an hour or so north of DeLand to Silver Springs, FL, and at the time there were two major attractions to go to: Silver Springs itself, and Six Gun Territory.
Thomasville, GA – September 3, 2016
Well, we have evacuated Tallahassee for a few days due to the fact that it received a direct hit by Hurricane Hermine Thursday night and the local utilities are exhibiting exceptional incompetence in getting power back in place for over 80K houses. So we drove up 319 40 miles to Thomasville and wondered around the…
Florida Welcome Station, aka Florida Citrus Center
Sunday, May 29, 2016 I-75 Exit 404 18625 NW County Road 236 High Springs, FL 32643 This is a classic stop, mostly because it is steeped with that classic mid-70’s feel, which probably because most of the items in the shop look like they’ve been there since the mid-70’s. Tourists are lured in with the…
Perry Hotels/Motels/Restaurants – Perry, FL
On one of my jaunts down US 27 to Central Florida I finally took time to stop and get a few snaps of the various hotels/motels/etc around Perry, FL, which at one point, before the interstates I’m sure, appears to have been a major stopping point for Yankees heading south, but today is just barely…