Florida citrus tour

Well today we headed inland from Venice to look for some Florida citrus. It took a bit of searching but eventually saw some pretty ordinary orchards. Looks like they were picking it all and sending it for juice, where as in Australia they try to pack the best for fresh market and juice whats left. We did see some good orchards but they were the minority. By the number of semis carrying bulk oranges on the road it is a big industry here. We did also see some cattle farms and a number of water melon farms, and melons on trucks and for sale.

The country improved as we traveled north as did the quality of the houses. Some early towns had all trailer houses, some of which were in very poor condition. By late this afternoon the country had improved, the trees were taller and the houses much nicer.

We had one little delay when someone on a red "defeat" motorcycle who was leading the motorcycles and following Ken got us lost. Well he was actually trying to look for a Starbucks on his gps while following Ken in his silver van, when a silver van took a right at the lights and we didn't realize we were following the wrong van as Ken had not turned.

Thanks to the two way radio we did manage to get back together and travel on, with the red "defeat"at the back of the pack. And no we didn't get our coffee shot this afternoon.

Staying tonight at Cheifland, and heading further into northern Florida tomorrow.

The photo is a little dark but can you count the number of antenna on this cop car?