Fun Times in Clermont
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ericadawn16Fun times in Clermont
http://www.presidentshalloffame.com/
http://www.citrustower.com/index.html
More photos of the Citrus Tower and the Presidents Hall of Fame
In 1956, when the tower opened, or even in 1969 when my mom first went up to the top, it was surrounded by THREE MILLION CITRUS TREES! Now, this appears to be all that remains, one grove across the street:
Somewhere on the horizon is Disney World, possibly Universal, if you can make anything out, tell me.
The Citrus Tower was a little sad but fun to see everything so high up but in a nice, controlled environment, lol. We didn't actually go into the Presidents Hall of Fame because it was ten dollars a piece, but the gift shop was fun all on its own. It had everything from pewter Jefferson to the Applause mascot for the 1984 Olympics to Clinton/Gore buttons to an animatronic eagle.
The limo was used for Nixon, Ford and Carter. It has a television and phone in the back and what's a little White House without...
Then, we went to Winter Garden. I loved their Borders, a lot of sales. However, their mall was sad. Every other storefront was vacant and the FYE was still having sales for Coraline and Watchmen. Now, I love both but it felt like we had warped back to 2009. They did have Toy Story 3 silly bandz but Lotso was ORANGE! Unacceptable.
http://www.presidentshalloffame.com/
http://www.citrustower.com/index.html
More photos of the Citrus Tower and the Presidents Hall of Fame
In 1956, when the tower opened, or even in 1969 when my mom first went up to the top, it was surrounded by THREE MILLION CITRUS TREES! Now, this appears to be all that remains, one grove across the street:
Somewhere on the horizon is Disney World, possibly Universal, if you can make anything out, tell me.
The Citrus Tower was a little sad but fun to see everything so high up but in a nice, controlled environment, lol. We didn't actually go into the Presidents Hall of Fame because it was ten dollars a piece, but the gift shop was fun all on its own. It had everything from pewter Jefferson to the Applause mascot for the 1984 Olympics to Clinton/Gore buttons to an animatronic eagle.
The limo was used for Nixon, Ford and Carter. It has a television and phone in the back and what's a little White House without...
Then, we went to Winter Garden. I loved their Borders, a lot of sales. However, their mall was sad. Every other storefront was vacant and the FYE was still having sales for Coraline and Watchmen. Now, I love both but it felt like we had warped back to 2009. They did have Toy Story 3 silly bandz but Lotso was ORANGE! Unacceptable.
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Date: 2010-07-13 04:58 am (UTC)Lol, you got to meet the President !
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Date: 2010-07-13 05:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-13 05:14 am (UTC)There are so many wicked answers, that I'm almost afraid to ask, how did he lose his finger?
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Date: 2010-07-13 05:16 am (UTC)