This time I took the long way around Orlando.  Ended up at Ocala National Forest, which is just a forest.  But the ride was okay.

The town of Eustis is very nice.  Clearly enlightened town management.  Beautiful lakeside park.

Went up the Citrus Tower, built in 1956 in the center of what was then the citrus growing capital of the world.  Two major freezes in the 1980s killed the local industry, forcing it to move south.  Now the tower is in the middle of housing.  But it was still a nice view.

I learned that the first citrus bottling plant was opened in a city called “Howey-in-the-Hills”, which wins the award for weirdest named town on the entire ride.  The founder, William Howey, was quite the guy.  A predecessor of Trump.

Again, not the most remarkable of days, but better than yesterday.  Tomorrow is the payoff, weather and technology permitting.  I’ve already bought a ticket to the Space Center.  $50!