We are having a wonderful time in the Sebring, Fl. area. We took a ride over to the Sebring race track to see if they had any track tours. The Audi team has rented the track for the remainder of the month so no track tours until some time in April. I got a few pictures of this year's pace car, a Jaguar, that was out front of the main office building. Right beside the office is the Skip Barber racing school, with about 20 cars, all Jaguars, race ready.
The race track is right beside the local airport. We had read somewhere that the airport has a restaurant so we took a ride out the back side of the track to have lunch at the airport and watch the planes come and go. As I turn into the restaurant parking lot a P1 prototype race car goes flying by on the track, right beside Sharon's door. Well so much for lunch, I have to watch the cars go around the track for a while. There were Corvette's Audi's, Jaguar's, P1 & P2 class cars flying by.
We had a wonderful lunch at the airport, eventually. There were about 10 planes that landed and about 20 people came into the restaurant for lunch. They had flown in from all around the state for lunch. They were all talking flying.
Today we took a tour of the Highlands Hammock State Park. It is 3 miles down the road from the campground. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) after the Great Depression. They have an excellent guided tram tour that takes you out through the back country to see all kinds of wildlife and the different eco systems of central Florida. Of course there were gators all over the place, including one old grand daddy that was about 13 feet long. The park has 9 walking trail systems that take you out into the wilderness to see a Cyprus swamp, a 1000 year old oak tree, and other unique items of the south Florida flora and fauna. It was a beautiful 78 degree day with plenty of sunshine and just enough breeze to keep the bugs away.
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