Spring Break '08 with Tri-Circle-D!!!

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

On this trip, I took a little trip out on the pet walk area behind the 1800 loop. Did you know that you can see the Osprey Ridge Golf Course from there?

So, I see some wildlife- I need a photo of that:

I need to get a little closer:

Wait, what is that going on back there?

See that crew working? There were a couple trucks, and a big wood chipper. What are these guys working on?

Check back tomorrow to find out

TCD

Here's a link to an article that appeared in the Orlando Sentinel over the past wk about what they're doing to the Eagle & Opsrey golf courses. Eagle definately is going away, but it looks like the Opsrey may go too w/ the rezoning. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-disney2808mar28,0,2316702.story

 

[kc5grw]

Thanks! My DD's have an unhealthy obsession with those boys. As far as I can tell, though, they are well behaved, and there is no cussign in their music. We are going to see them again in May at the taping of the Disney Channel Games concert.

TCD

My DD 14 is sitting next to me as I go through these. The pics in the start of your post upset her greatly, but this little tidbit of information has just about done her in.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

No tickets left Mike...my kids had me look it up too!!

 

[Memph1s]

We saw your cart around a lot. My DD actually used it as ammo for her and my DW putting flowers all over ours. Our “theme” this trip was based on the Flower and Garden show. My DD took the same picture of the CPR dummy. It is nice to see them working on the fort but some of the loops really look bad now but will be great soon. The 1500 loop is looking so much better now than it did last year right after they cleared it out.

 

[4daubers]

I usually only look at FW pictures on Saturday. Weird I know but it gives me a sense of control with my FW obsession, I mean focus.

I couldn't resist these pictures so now it's a new tradition. I now look at pictures on Saturday AND Tuesday.

Great pictures, thanks for sharing them.

 

[LONE-STAR]

Great pic's I want more

 

[Tri-circle-D]

OK, about those vehicles and the men working by the canal behind the 1800 loop . . . The pet walk area terminates at a gate. There is a sign at the gate that says "NO PETS BEYOND THIS POINT." It doesn't say anything about people, and the gate is not locked.

The area where the men were working is just inside the gate. They were clearing a path through the woods, adjacent to a small canal. They had cleared about 200-300 feet into the woods, which is where I came upon their wood chipper:

I am not sure what this could all be about. This pathway is a considerable distance from the 1800 and 1900 loops, which are the closest loops to this area. On the other side of the canal, just on the other side of the gate, there is already a wide, paved road. Here is what it looks like:

What do you think could be down this road? It's a pretty nice road. There aren't any signs saying to keep out. Shall we take a look? . . .

Just a little ways down the road, I do see a sign, posted on a tree along side the road:

The area that was cleared is on the other side of this sign, just over the little canal.

Let's keep going . . .

I think I hear something . . . .

What is it . . .

A deer!

Wait, what is that?

Two deer!

They look at me and then run off.

I continue walking.

Off to the left, I see what looks to be a golf driving range. It is just that:

The road terminates at what looks like a maintenance complex:

I don't see a soul along this road. I decide to head back.

You can see the area where I was on Google Earth. Here is a link:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...t=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=5219882&encType=1

The buildings in my last photo are at the bottom of this aerial photo. The pathway heads north from it.

Next, the walk back . . .

TCD

 

[RvUsa]

TCD you ARE MY HERO, I love these things.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

So, I head back from the maintenance area.

As I come back to the big canal and pet walk area, I hear some kind of animal making a loud noise. It isn't a peacock. What is it.

Check this guy out!:

As I am stalking this fellow for a good photo, I hear a vehicle approaching. It is a maintenance worker coming in from the golf course. He stops his cart, and he and I watch the turkey for a while. He (the turkey) is gobbling like crazy! The maintenance worker says that there are a bunch of hens sitting on nests in the area.

I ask this man about the construction going on over on the golf course. He says the Eagle Pines course is closed, and that there is a lot of work going on. For the immediate future, the Osprey Ridge course (the one closest to the Fort) will remain as is.

The man goes on his way. I walk over the the bridge that you can see in the distance of my earlier photos, and take a photo of the view looking back toward the Fort:

You can see some of the sites on the 1800, 1600 and 1500 loops there in the distance.

TCD

 

[Gatordad]

The buildings are probably the buildings that you would see if you made a right, just past the horse barn on the main drag on the way in. There's also a path from 1700 loop that finds it's way back there I believe.

Good shoe TricircleD

 

[chief19spixi]

Wow thanks for the pics!! I love seeing recent pics of the fort!!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

The buildings are probably the buildings that you would see if you made a right, just past the horse barn on the main drag on the way in. There's also a path from 1700 loop that finds it's way back there I believe.

Good shoe TricircleD

Yes- you are correct. If you look at the link to the aerial photo- this complex sits behind the stables, and can be reached by the road on the south of the main parking lot and also from the road way that you mention. It is a pretty big collection of buildings. I didn't know that the buildings were used for maintenance on the golf courses, too. I am still thinking about one day "accidentally" driving down the roads to get a better look at what is back there.

We stayed on the 1700 loop this trip, and it is amazing to see the number and variety of vehicles that come out of the little path all day long (life guards on golf carts, maintenance workers, etc.)

"good shoe" ????

TCD

 

[Tri-circle-D]

We saw your cart around a lot. My DD actually used it as ammo for her and my DW putting flowers all over ours. Our “theme” this trip was based on the Flower and Garden show. My DD took the same picture of the CPR dummy. It is nice to see them working on the fort but some of the loops really look bad now but will be great soon. The 1500 loop is looking so much better now than it did last year right after they cleared it out.

What loop where you all on? I am trying to remember a cart with flowers on it.


TCD

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Speaking of the 1700 loop, did you know that the comfort station between 1700 and 1900 has not been refurbished. Neither has the one between 1600 and 1800. I thought all of the comfort stations had been redone, but these haven't been done yet.

Here is a photo of what the one between 1700 and 1900 looks like:

I actually enjoyed the sinks that still have the handles where you can let the hot water run. It stinks trying to shave with the sinks with the automatic water controls.

TCD

 

[Tri-circle-D]

There was road equipment parked in the main parking lot last week.

They tore up the roadways in the main entrance area.

Looks like they are just repaving.

I don't remember the roads being in bad shape:

TCD

 

[Tri-circle-D]

How about just a nice landscape photo.

OK.

Here is a photo of the Bike Barn.

Someone asked on another thread about kayaks. Those red boats there on the beach are kayaks. The green ones are canoes.

Do you see the bird perched out on the lake?

I already said it, but I don't remember the waterways ever looking so good at the Fort!

 

[Gatordad]

Ed Sullivan used to say shoe instead of show.

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

Correct about the Eagle Pines being closed. That's going to become a multi-million dollar gated community. I posted a like to the story from the Orlando Sentinel earlier in the thread. They are in the process of rezoning the Opsrey golf course, but that's about all it said about that one. Maybe they'll annex it over to the new community...

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Ed Sullivan used to say shoe instead of show.

Ed Sullivan. . . .?

Who is that . . . ?

J/K

Now I get it!

TCD

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Correct about the Eagle Pines being closed. That's going to become a multi-million dollar gated community. I posted a like to the story from the Orlando Sentinel earlier in the thread. They are in the process of rezoning the Opsrey golf course, but that's about all it said about that one. Maybe they'll annex it over to the new community...

Thanks for the link- interesting article. Man, that is going to be a sweet place to have a house.

Once they start building them, I'll have to wander over there and get some photos!

TCD