Building a Village

The small town of Wildwood, Florida is a neat little town on highway 301. There was a time it was 15 miles South West from The Villages over on US441.

The Villages of Florida is the fastest growing Micropolitan area in the USA. In 2000 the population was 8,333. 2010 census was over 51,000. Now it exceeds 80,000 and growing daily. The Villages are just that, a collection of planned Villages.  Golfing is one of the central drawing cards. Buy in the Villages, and you get free golf for life (Pay atten Sheila). Last count I had was 39 courses, and I know of at least one more since then.

(It is not all golf carts of course, here is one car show)

Once in the Villages, you actually never need a car. You can go to the Hospital or Doctor. You can shop in some of the best stores, eat at any of the hundreds of restaurants. All using a Golf cart. Specially designed tunnels and bridges allow a golf car to go hundreds of miles, and never get on a road with cars.

The basis of this entry is, Wildwood is now bordered by the Villages. That 15 miles has shrunk, the NEW Village of Brownwood. It is being built, and it is amazing how fast it is being built.

This is the main entrance off hwy44. That is a life size casting of a cowboy and his steers. Shot at 50mph.

Above is the new Theatre with first run movies already playing. Below is the Hotel, Notice the street lights are hanging lanterns.

Sherry and I visited Brownwood (still under construction)for one of our walks before leaving Wildwood for Orlando.

Just past the above building, Looky what we found:

Now in my opinion, that is a YARD DECORATION WORTH CUTTING GRASS AROUND!

(It is a real truck, but it is a mock up of what it originally was. The tail gate area was cut, and slid around the tree. But I still love it because I have seen vehicles in this situation.)

Thanks for coming by the LOG.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

If you don’t see some good people in this world, you need better glasses for your insight.

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I am just trying to see what my rust bucket is. It is a 1940 o4 41!