the.arys - gary and mary: 2011 - Neat places to visit in central Florida

We were trying to avoid the amusement parks (not to mention the heat) so we checked other interesting sites around central Florida, including the Florida Southern College which is home to the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world, and Hollis Garden in the city of Lakeland.

Gary in front of Frank Lloyd Wright's Waterdome at Florida Southern College

Anne Pfeiffer Chapel at Florida Southern College

Would have loved to see the water dome in action, but it wasn't set to go off for another couple hours!

Early morning walk around Downtown Disney

The Lego collection is well worth checking out!

We got free tickets to the Arabian Nights dinner and show in Orlando, a fun show but sure glad we didn't have to pay for it!

Got to the Hollis Garden in Lakeland to find it was closed that day, so we had to see what we could through the closed gates!

Wanderers and Vagabonds...

The RV started as a temporary solution to afford living in Newport Beach when Mary's company relocated to Irvine, CA. We loved it so much, we decided to make a go of full-time RVing. In July 2008 we hit the road, and have been roaming ever since. We do seasonal work camping and really enjoy it. We also use camp club memberships such as Thousand Trails and Coast to Coast to save on "rent". We have found beauty everywhere we go and hope to continue exploring and enjoying this beautiful country. Here's a great quote which sums up our hope for ourselves and for anyone seeking similar adventures:

“...May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you -- beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.” - Edward Abbey

the.arys - gary and mary

2011 - Neat places to visit in central Florida

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