Another Day of Apartment Checking

We drove to the Sebring area to check on the 4 apartments in that district.  Interestingly, we found the missionaries in the first three apartments at home when we expected they would be out.  One companionship was having a late lunch, another an early dinner, and I don't know what was happening with the third.  Since Sebring and the adjacent towns do not have large populations, the apartment complexes are smaller and older than what we have seen in Bradenton and Sarasota.  Or there are no complexes at all.

The last apartment we visited was the worst living facility that we have encountered so far.  It is half of a very small duplex.  The apartment is small and old.  Because there is little room, it is cluttered with the missionaries' "stuff."  Renee thought the environment was depressing.  And yet, the missionaries who live there are two of the happiest and most cheerful.  Perhaps they are following the sign they have on their refrigerator -- Today: I am in charge of how I feel and I am choosing happiness!

When we drive to the central part of the state, we pass miles of orange groves.  I stopped for a minute to take pictures of two orange groves on the way to Lake Placid, the first town we visited today.  I was surprised there were some undulations in the area around Lake Placid.  This is a change from the normal flatness we have seen everywhere else.  Notice in the pictures how sandy the soil is.

This is a typical orange grove after the oranges have been picked.

This is an orange grove to be.