Across the state of Florida, and why I hate turnpikes.

So today we left our friends Kim and Dave in Tampa, and headed to Zephyr Hills to meet my aunt and uncle at their winter location - they had just arrived the day before, and it was nice to see them. We had a nice visit and then headed off for Hobe Sound.
After driving across the state through a few orange groves and some crazy weather, we made it to Hobe Sound.

We then drove a few hours, in the worst rain I've seen in a long time.  WTF? Quite a drive

Central Florida has a lot of orange groves, and I'm pretty sure we drove through all of them, very similar to Apple Groves in Eastern Washington.   I think the most surprising was when we were driving and it SMELLED like orange juice, as we passed the OJ plant.  Unbelieveable.

We made it to Hobe Sound and our friends, and decided to try out the Oregon cheese we had brought for our evening. Can we say awesome?  Plus, the awesome Oregon cheese board.

So we had a nice evening after we arrived with some steak dinner and some veggies and homemade bread!  Have to love the dinner!

Then off to bed and waiting for the Rose Bowl tomorrow.