Lake Harris Hideaway pictures

[Bronxboy]

Once again, Great Ride, Great Friends. Hope all got home safe and sound. Always a good time with U guy's and I appreciate your knowledge of all these Great roads that take us to that place I like to call Serenity...lol.. I for one am happy to follow the pack, so I can just sit back and take it all in

Here are a few pictures from todays ride

[_Sheffjs_]

Yepper Nick!  That rt 48 is nice open road.   

I will always be in favor of a neon Leon's run and a JB Boondocks run.  So far these two are my favorite.   

[Bronxboy]

We should all chip in and buy that Ghost Town Turn it into a Bikers destination. Strip Club next to a Pawn Shop next to a Biker Bar.

[Tundra]

We should all chip in and buy that Ghost Town Turn it into a Bikers destination. Strip Club next to a Pawn Shop next to a Biker Bar.

Really a good idea Nick, cool little strip. Very wide street with lots of parking. Would be a great pit stop for back road sightseer's and bike riders.

[Grumpy]

Where were those ghost town pics taken ?

[_Sheffjs_]

Center Hill, Grumpy.  I have wanted a phat lady photo op here for some time

[_Sheffjs_]

I shoUld add it was on Market Street.   Looks like it was a brick street at one time? I thought I saw some layers gone in a couple places with the old brick exposed.  Not sure we would get a bar approved there with all the houses around but a neon leons II might work. 

[_Sheffjs_]

[FloridaValkRyder]

Thanks for the pictures Nick. Kind of sad to see what some of these "downtown" areas are now. Nice to see all of you who made the ride today. Thanks as always, you guys are the best!

[Grumpy]

I thought it looked familiar, just could not recall the name. Thanks.

[larue]

Great pics as always Nick , nice to see you all . thank you

[Flrider]

Thanks for posting the pics Nick

Here is one of the cool car at the bakery stop



and one more of the cool place at the Hideaway

[reclaimerroger]

Thanks for the pics Nick, Jerry, and Jack.  Good seeing you all again. It was a treat seeing all the Rolls and Bentlys at Yalaha.  Hope to see you all again shortely after the new year.

[John Schmidt]

It was interesting to listen to that lady talk about that Rolls, think she said it was a '38. Told us about all the various features, things unique to the car. She opened the door so we could look in, when she shut it the thing had a more solid "chunk" than my '08 Higlander....with fewer miles.  

Re. Center Hill, does anyone know the history of it, why the business district is totally abandoned? Guess I could look it up if I wasn't so lazy.  

[Bert AKA,Valkaholic]

Great Pictures Nick, Thanks For Posting Them.

[Tundra]

It was interesting to listen to that lady talk about that Rolls, think she said it was a '38. Told us about all the various features, things unique to the car. She opened the door so we could look in, when she shut it the thing had a more solid "chunk" than my '08 Higlander....with fewer miles.  

Re. Center Hill, does anyone know the history of it, why the business district is totally abandoned? Guess I could look it up if I wasn't so lazy.  

Center Hill

Center Hill is a city in Sumter County, Florida, United States. The population was 909 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2006, the city had a population of 996. The current mayor is Ralph Barry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_Hill,_Florida

[Tundra]

Nick, funny we were just talking of cleaning the sidewalks. You see the picture of that sidewalk?

[Bronxboy]

Yep, Nasty, we could clean up that town. Paint the buildings cool colors like in Miami South Beach.

[Jess from VA]

Nick, funny we were just talking of cleaning the sidewalks. You see the picture of that sidewalk?

Doug, if you are talking about cleaning residential sidewalks around your home, do not use a pressure washer, a gas high-PSI PW with the push to do the job burns the top skim off the concrete, exposing the aggregate which in turn gets dirty more quickly and degrades the surface.

What I do is wait for a very light rain - all day (or several hour) sprinkle.  I take an old 2-gal pump sprayer and add a gallon of bleach and a gal of water (1:1) (or just pure bleach).  Set the spray nozzle to fan, and slowly walk around and apply a light layer of bleach to all concrete surface. The rain sprinkle keeps it wet and working and not drying out (but not washing off), and it does 90% of the cleaning all by itself.  If you have some stubborn black stains, use a stiff bristle stick brush to scrub the bleach in a bit in those spots.  The rain also protects your landscape from runnoff, and the only downside is the local worms hate it and some do not survive.  If you have any plants/scape you worry about, hit them with the hose after you are finished.  I have a lot of concrete and use about 5 gallons of bleach every other year to keep my concrete bright white and clean.  Very little hard work involved.  Wear old clothes and boots.