Sunset over Lake Jessup

These photos were taken on March 29, 2008 from Central Winds Park in Winter Springs, Florida at dusk. There was a very nice sunset over Lake Jessup...

Over a football field in Central Winds Park...

Sulphur Springs Water Tower

The Sulphur Springs Water Tower is a mysterious castle-like tower along the shore of the Hillsborough River. The water tower provided water for the town of Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs was once a town that was located north of Tampa, Florida. The town had started to evolve into a tourist attraction and built an alligator farm. There were plans for an amusement park, then the Great Depression hit, and all of the plans fell through, and the town slowly died.

Today, most of what remains of Sulphur Springs sits abandoned, as a reminder of the past...

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LINK: Sulphur Springs Water Tower

Railroad Relic?

While biking on the Seminole Wekiva Trail and the Cross Seminole Trail through the Central Florida Area, I've been noticing several strange concrete markers with numbers on them. The marker pictured is located along the Seminole Wekiva Trail in Lake Mary. I find markers like this a bit intriguing, leaving me wondering what exactly they are marking. My guess is that they have something to do with the railroads that used to run along the sections of trail where the markers can be found.

Does anyone have any information about these, whether my railroad hunch is right, and what do the numbers mean?

Space Shuttle Camera

Cool first person perspective video of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS 123) launching last week...

Citrus From the Past...

Along the Seminole Wekiva Trail, somewhere in Sanford, Florida, I came across this little historical marker...



The sign said...

Citrus Packing House:
The Umatilla Fruit Company was located here besides the Sanford and Lake Eustis Railroad Tracks and served the citrus industry that flourished in the Paola/Sylvan Lake area.

The Seminole Wekiva Trail was built on top of abandoned railroad tracks. You occasionally get little glimpses of the past from signs like these, a random railroad tie on the side of the trail, or even old railroad trestles.

Right across from this sign on the opposite side of the trail, this gift for patrons of the trail was set up with free oranges, tangerines, and kumquats. Could this fruit be from some leftover trees from when the citrus industry in the area was centered around this spot?




The fruit was in front of this old tin-roofed house. Could this be an old building leftover from the citrus packing house as well?