So the company hired a tour guide to show us around the neighborhood, and he also is a real estate agent. So we spent the day looking at different neighborhoods. The neighborhoods are beautiful. Old deciduous trees everywhere. Many houses are on wooded lots, that are just gorgeous. The county is a bunch of small towns. There are a lot of cities in Florida that are trying to re-vitalize their historic downtown area. What they are trying to do is to create a feel like there is in these small towns. Not a lot of restaurant chains, but individually owned restaurants, bookstores, hair salons. It is so cool to see these downtowns thriving.
We visited one high school today. Ridgewood High School, the one with the best test scores in the county. I'll try to figure out how to post a picture of it. The staff wasn't particularly friendly or helpful.
Since I just finished my English paper on John Updike's short story "A&P" I thought it was fun to actually shop there. Sale prices are in line with sale prices in Florida, and store brands are reasonable, but name brand not-on-sale prices are much higher. I will have to be more careful about sales and couponing.
As we were driving around town "I." asked us "Why did they build all these big bumps all over the road?" Then we got to explain to him that they were HILLS!
Joe is the guy that was hired to show us around town and we hired to find a rental for us. He immediately got on my good side by pointing out a revolutionary war site, and then giving us an in depth history of the area. Turns out he is a big history and family history buff. Then when he gave me a list of all the best cemeteries in the area, well that is just a different level of awesome.
It sounds like you are having a fun adventure so far with more fun in store I am sure.
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