A few months ago I posted some photos of sunset at Newton Park in Winter Garden; this morning a very early start to my day offered sunrise photos at the same location (in the other direction, of course!)
Sunrise over Lake Apopka
Rainbow over Stanton
No rain over us last night, but nearby and with the sun behind us we get a short-lived rainbow over our home!
West Orange Trail railroad tracks
The West Orange Trail nearby runs where once were railroad tracks that ran east / west across Florida, as well as further destinations – transporting oranges and people to the north cities, for example, in the late 1800s through to mid 1900s. Here’s a partial map from about 100 years ago (from Wikipedia):
There must have been two tracks at one time, and they ran right through what is now the center of Winter Garden; here’s a picture from 100 years ago, and Google Street View from today – the two buildings on the right are the same (though they serve different purposes now!):
Winter Garden 1914
Winter Garden 2017
A couple of miles west of this view, there’s a place where one set of railroad tracks must have been abandoned long ago; trees grew up between and eventually over them, so that when the route was converted to a trail, these tracks were left (rather than killing the trees) – I took some photos today:
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