Things that make you go hmmmm...

Sitting in the passenger seat of our rig allows me the opportunity to be the "observer". I get to just look all around and enjoy the scenery, check out what's along the roadside, who's driving by, etc. This carries over to our truck when we are tootling around town, or even when we are just taking a walk. I love looking all around, seeing how people live, work & play. But sometimes, you have to ask yourself, "what's up with that?"

A couple of cases in point...

On a drive along the Pensacola coast, we were enjoying the beach-front houses that the rich enjoy, then all of a sudden, THIS house appeared! One of those OMG moments that made me say to Jack, "What's up with that house? Turn around, I've got to see that house again! That's worth a picture!" See if you agree...



























As we were driving along the I 4 in Tampa, we passed this little sight, no explanation, no sign, except that there was an Airstream dealership nearby (lots of info in research tho)...














When we were in Kissimmee, we were in need of a Post Office, following the signs, we wound up in a small town called Celebration. As we drove in, I noticed how pretty the houses all were, neat, clean, all with front porches, green lawns, cute flowers around the fronts. Once parked and packages mailed, we decided to walk around the little town. Everything was so "picturesque". We stopped to have lunch and while waiting, I picked up the local (free) newspaper. As I began to read, I saw that the entire town was governed by a HOA and a very strict one at that. All through the paper were "friendly" reminders, like telling them that they know it's spring and people want to start planting flowers, etc. but to 'remember' to get approval from the board first. Everything, and I mean everything, had to be approved by 'the board'. We started calling it "Stepford town" instead. (doing the research for this, I found that we were not the only ones!) It gave me the chills. I couldn't really capture the "essence" but here's a few pictures...











































































This one happened so fast that I was only able to get it in "two shots", but worth the effort, don't you think?






























Of course there are always those times when we see something that happens so fast that I can't get my camera out in time, two of our favorites...the motorcycle pulling one of those cute, tiny teardrop trailers and along the I 4 westbound, a high transmission power line pole reconfigured to be Mickey Mouse.

Well, we are off to Vero Beach, which is the Atlantic Ocean side of Florida. We've done the Gulf & the Central, now we shall see how the "Treasure Coast of Florida" fairs!

...on the road in Florida, Marie