Tag: banyan tree

• Holiday Lights On Holiday Nights: A Visit To The Edison/Ford Estates

  [The Banyan tree with a bronze of Edison standing guard] We arrived about thirty-five minutes before sunset.  Heading for the admission window, we passed the largest Banyan tree in Florida.  There was a family on the path in front of us.  I heard the mother: “Isn’t that amazing that this is one tree?” “Not really,”…

  patrickjegan

  December 22, 2015

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• Crossing Whiskey Creek To The Banyan Tree

  I had my plastic cup of iced coffee from the Java Cafe nestled nicely in the container holder next to the gear shift knob on the red Ford Escape.  This time I was going to try something different.  I was going to locate and take the rear entrance (or is an exit when you’re leaving?)…

  patrickjegan

  December 3, 2015

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