Florida Flywheeler Days

This isn't a Flywheeler. This is a picture of migrants picking strawberries. Field after field of strawberries in this area. No wonder Plant City is the Capitol for strawberries. And they have a strawberry festival also.


But this picture of a grape picker is from the Florida Flywheeler Days. We saw this during the tractor parade. They have a tractor parade each day of the 4 day festival. All kinds of tractors and motors. That have a fly wheel as part of their engine make up. (I will be corrected on that, I bet.) He is out to turn on the water so we can have plenty of water to shower. It was a dry and dusty day. The fly wheel is how you START the engine in the olden days before electric starters. The FlyWheeler Park is dusty and there was a slight wind. It is near Fort Mead, FL.




This lady is really sitting high off the ground on this tall tractor. It is a high clearance tractor. Go over plants. You can also see down the road more tractors. All kinds and all shapes.




Have you ever seen a RED John Deere tractor? Now you have. Just like the others, only red.





Now the next three pictures you have a choice to make for me. Which one should be made so I can follow the man around? Or maybe, so he can follow me around.
Anyway, we get a kick out of these vehicles that allow another passenger on something that usually only has room for one.

This first one must have had a joy stick and could go round and round and would swing back and forth like a swing, also. Fun, but one lady said she would be sick if she had to go around and around like that man made it go. And kept it swinging going down the road also!! so there!




This is the one I liked. They rode around all day on this get up. easy going and it wasn't noisy either. Just an old garden tractor mower. The umbrella was on something else. Some of these
carts did have umbrellas.



E. liked this one, it has such a small motor to carry two big men. It looked odd.

Did you notice all the golf carts in the background? Many, Many golf cart there.

We had a full day. Leaving about 7 am. and returned by 5:30 maybe 120 miles of driving.

But it was interesting. And we also found a special piece of silver we had been hunting since we started collecting. a teaspoon, but a prized designed. This Flywheeler park is located out in the middle of no where, a very large space of almost 300 acres. There are rows and rows of people camped out and having flea market sales. From parts for all you old engines to general merchandise. The is also an Antique Village. Where they put together an old Model-T Car in 5 minutes. That is a good story and a true one as we watched it being done. The car ran also.

They also had home made ice cream that was very good.

We had about finished going over the acres of flea shops and decided to sit down and rest. On a couple of boards placed over some cement. Started talking with the couple sitting there eating their elephant ear pastry. She just happened to be from Syracuse,. Well, she went to school there one year and also baby sat for the local shoe dealer. ( I usually do not mention names that much) she was originally from Mentone. And she married a Syracuse boy. The class she had been in during her JR. year at SHS? Mine!. And her husband had also been in my class. This man died about 17 years ago and she is now married to???? Sorry, I didn't have a pencil to write down his name.

Small world. I will have to call my sister and let her know I saw someone from home. The couple now live in Millersburg. Her present husband had been a stock car racer and knew of a friend of ours that also raced at the Anderson Speedway. This friend lives about a mile down the road from us.

So, that was our busy day. Time for showers and bed as tomorrow is Busch Garden Day for us. jkc