On the Road

[Well, this looks like a safe place to stop for a while] [1] [2] We're currently in Lake Wales, Florida [3], just a short (very short) distance away from our final destination. Along our very circuitous route (I-95 south to I-595 west to US-27 north) we saw some interesting sights—the sea of grass [4], burning of sugar cane fields [5], Lake Okeechobee [6], Gatorama [7], the Placid Tower [8] (which surprised us—a three hundred foot tower/restaurant) in Lake Placid [9] (home of the 1980 Winter Games [10]—who'd've guessed Florida would have housed the Winter Games) and even a dome house for sale.

[Nestled in the trees] [11] [12] [A cylinder with a dome] [13] [14]

Unfortunately, the house apparently has been abandoned for quite some time, as there were hundreds of huge spiders with large fangs rawr rawr rawr.

[Arachnophobia anyone?] [15] [16]

We're talking feet across looking like something right out of J. R. R. Tolkien. We didn't stay long.

The hotel we're staying at is under serious renovation, or perhaps it's still under construction, or something like that. Drywall, cinder blocks, exposed lumber, guys in hardhats walking around (very odd on a Sunday). That must be why the room was so cheap for the night.

Tomorrow, we hit the final destination.

And then home.

And I'll be bringing video of our travels back with us.

[1] /boston/2006/10/22/thumb.habitat.jpg

[2] /boston/2006/10/22/habitat.jpg

[3] http://www.cityoflakewales.com/

[4] http://www.evergladesholidaypark.com/

[5] http://www.sucrose.com/harvest.html

[6] http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=16

[7] http://www.gatorama.com/

[8] http://www.htn.net/lplacid/history/postcard/tower04.htm

[9] http://www.lpfla.com/