October 31
Hardwood Smokehouse in Ocala, was our lunch stop. I highly recommend it.
We took Florida Turnpike around Orlando and got off at Yee Haw junction. The big billboard was in disrepair so no photos:-( We spent the night in the wal mart parking lot in Okeechobee. It said ask to park but there were multiple rigs and semi trucks in the lot already so we just slipped right in. Bought some groceries and slept well.
Day 3 November 1 our ending destination until March 2017.
I've been to Florida eight times and not seen to Lake Okeechobee. I was looking forward to seeing it while we drove around the east side of it. What we saw was a large dike and a canal plus houses and trailer parks.
Our only view of the lake came when we drove over the bridge rising above the locks at Port Mayaca .
Big Sugar has taken over over around the lake and down into the out skirts of Miami. Massive farms with tenant housing complexes, schools and churches hid among the fields that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Where there wasn't sugarcane there were sod farms.
We ended our journey at C.B. Smith Park.
We are surrounded by water. Little canals and lakes dot the neighborhoods and keep the land drained and the swamp at bay.
Our home right in the middle until November 27 when we change spots.
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