I had originally planned seeing a bunch of museums in Central Florida:
the Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando, FL),
the Rollins Museum of Art (Winter Park, FL),
The Charles Hosmer Museum of Art (Winter Park, FL), and
the Museum of Arts & Sciences (Daytona Beach, FL).
But by now I have come to realize that an "8 hour 29 minute/435 miles" drive isn't really "8 hours 29 minutes" - so I scaled-back and first eliminated the Museum of Arts & Sciences (Daytona Beach, FL) [it has a closing time of 5 PM]. As you will read, other "timing concerns" prevented me from visiting the other 3 Museums, with their closing times of 4 PM:
I learned SOMETHING NEW today (really? - MORE "new stuff"???). It turns out that I must have made my travel plans/my travel maps "on a weekend" or "in mid-day". So I have now learned to make my maps (and therefore my travel plans) at about 8:30 in the morning (of the day of the week I will be traveling on). Last winter, when I made my map for this morning, it said it would take about an-hour-and-a-half to get up to the Norton Museum of Art:
But when I got in my car at 8:30 this morning (Museum opens at 10), I saw SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:
So I just headed up the road:
After a few Post Offices, I reached the Norton Museum of Art at 11:30
As opposed to yesterday, they have a Wonderful Collection, with many pieces ON DISPLAY. Edward Hopper - "August in the City", 1945 oil. I had seen this painting Feb 25, 2023 up at The Whitney for their Hopper retrospective, but I "noticed it more" here, today:
Childe Hassam - "Gloucester Harbor", circa 1899-1909 oil. I really like seeing this "so far from home":
Georgia O'Keeffe - "Pelvis with the Moon - New Mexico", 1943 oil:
Thomas Moran - "Florida Scene", 1878 oil:
Jackson Pollock - "Number 17A", 1948 oil (private collection):
Nice Spaces, Nice Art:
Claude Monet - "Nymphéas (Water Lilies)", 1905 oil:
Claude Monet - "Gardens of the Villa Moreno, Bordighera", 1884 oil:
Pablo Picasso - "Head of a Woman", 1909 bronze:
Alexander Calder - "Untitled", 1965 sheet metal, rod, and paint (private collection):
FUN TREE outside The Museum:
Lunch at Jersey Mike's, then NORTH up Central Florida. There are a lot of subliminal (and not-so-subliminal) messages out there about "How To Be A Man" - I've never seen this one before:
I know someone who is VERY INTERESTED in learning more about the "Loyal Order of Moose"
The Ladies in my family are big fans of HGTV's "Home Town Takeover", and Season 3 focused on Sebring, FL. I had a specific request to visit "Sebring Soda & Ice Cream Works", which was renovated by Ben and Erin Napier:
Nice "Circle in Town", and wall-art:
Once again, beautiful sunsets:
At 8:29 PM, I checked into the Microtel, Lady Lake, Florida (photo from the next morning):
380 miles today (and 19 Post Offices) - This is what they looked like:
My favorite today is 33853 - Lake Wales, FL - Sometimes I'm in a 1950's-retro mood:
Thank you God for another Great Adventure Day!
Music for today:
Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits Vol. II, 2001 compilation album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 7/16/2021 - Hey, I'm going around MIAMI!!!!
Bob Dylan - Infidels, 1983 album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/30/2018 - (Am I the only one listening to this music?):
Bruce Springsteen - Chimes Of Freedom [Live EP], 1988 live EP, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/27/2018 - list songs:
1. "Tougher Than the Rest" (Recorded April 27, 1988, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena)
2. "Be True" (Recorded March 28, 1988, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit)
3. "Chimes of Freedom" (Recorded July 3, 1988, at Stockholms Olympiastadion)
4. "Born to Run" (Recorded April 27, 1988, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena)
Frank Sinatra - Classic Sinatra, 2000 compilation album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/27/2018:
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