First Field Trip

On Monday morning Barbara and I got into the car and drove to Orlando to go to one of the closest Costco's to get the tires rotated. Bought four new tires at Costco a few months ago so I get free rotation and tire balancing for the life of the tires. Well after doing some shopping at Costco and having lunch we went to the Orange County Regional History Center. The admission was free due to our membership at Brandy Wine River Museum. We learned all about the history of central Florida, how the natives lived before the Europeans arrived, how the Seminole Indians were forced from their land and about the orange groves and how the Orlando area developed over the years. After the museum we went across the street to a local TiKi bar for a snack. Then to the motel. In the morning after breakfast we went to the Harry P. Leu Gardens and with our American Horticulture Society membership admission was free. The garden is divided up into different areas. There is an idea garden, a citrus grove, a butterfly garden, a rose garden and a vegetable garden to mention just a few. In the vegetable garden I found Jicama (pronounced hee-kuh-muh) which it turns out every part except the root is poisonous. Barbara and a neighbor tried to feed this stuff to me and her husband once, but that did not work out. Nothing good can come from a plant that is mostly poisonous. After leaving the gardens we drove home by way of the outlet mall in Vero Beach just off of I-95. Then home again.