Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - Forgotten Dirt Roads & Lost Town of Center Hill
On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places we begin with an abandoned restaurant in Sumter County before exploring the forgotten ghost town of Center Hill. Then down a very scenic dirt road to Lake County where we find a very couple of unique roadside gems in the town of Moscotte! There is much ahead.
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Thanks Jay!! For those of us that are not as mobile as we would like to be and have a fond recollection of old Florida, you make it possible to re-live some of the old memories.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jon!
Thank you so much for watching! I plan on continuing this series and look forward to creating the next one. Ahead is the link to the last episode in case you missed it. Thanks for watching, everyone! Have a great day! Much ahead. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYBry6eLiJq4eZM.html
@bettyahlheitt8812
Жыл бұрын
i live down the road from center hill
@CJAYTODD
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your videos, but what made me a new subscriber is your messages at the end of the videos. Thanks for that Jay, you will never know how much that helped me.
@GunnyKeith
Жыл бұрын
Yo Tampa Jay, Why the rays send pitcher Taj Bradley back to minors? That guy was killing it.
There is something relaxing about exploring back roads and small town America. Keep it coming Jay!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for joining me, Ronald. Much ahead, my friend.
Great video! I love seeing the old towns, and rundown buildings. I'll bet in their heyday, they were pretty awesome. 😍
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for coming along with me Kimberly that was a beautiful day. I hope you have an awesome Tuesday my friend! Much ahead.
I found this episode of interest as some of my ancestors moved to Center Hill during the 1880's
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve pretty cool
Love the series : Florida Roadside Attractions and Abandoned Places! Great job, I’m looking forward to the next one 👍
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Pauline
Tampa jay, i. Remember back in 65 and. 67. Comming 17 south into. Florida. Stopping. At stuckeys and the orange groves. Alot of fond memories as. A kid from south carolina. Thank you tj.😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Jay, love it when you go exploring the old back roads and the abandoned places! It’s so cool to document these places before they get bulldozed and razed to the ground. So much history in these old places, glad you’re doing your part to be sure they’re not forgotten. 👍 Best of luck and continued Safe Travels!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
We absolutely love this series, Jay! Thank you so much for taking us all on these adventures. Any video where Jess has to cover her eyes and worry about your safety is full of laughs for the rest of us. You guys are the best!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
You guys are the best thank you so much for joining us love getting out there and firing up the camera. So very grateful and blessed. Hope you are having a great and wonderful Tuesday. Much ahead, my friends
I was raised across from Virginia's Western Wear was a clothing store and in the early 60's The Red Top Grocery. The church beside it was a bar called The Country Tavern, very lively with fights on weekends.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool glad you found the video Leon
Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park 🏞️🌄🐻...Love this !! I'm always a sucker for roadside attractions
I love these videos 😍 Thank you so much for doing them 🙂 Muc Luv 💖 Rays Up!!!!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Christine
Thanks Jay, being a Florida born and raised and been all over trucking your videos brings back great memories of Florida the way it use to be, so sorry it changed
Jay you always knock it out of the park
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Gary appreciate you
I love love when you do these videos! A fun fact… when Nestle bought our old swimming hole in Crystal Springs, a lot of our wells went dry in Zephyrhills because they pumped so much water from the spring to make Zephyrhills water. Many of us had to have our wells go deeper.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Samantha! That’s a cool fun fact
@tinawindham6958
Жыл бұрын
Sounds expensive and not fun to me😉
Love your road side attraction videos. So relaxing.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Pam
My 1st car was an 85 Mustang LX, nerdy sedan style! I appreciate the nostalgia of your vlogs.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
That’s a cool car thank you
You knocked another video out of the park Tampa Jay 🤙🏻
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bill
The dragon was getting his Gene Simmons on. I love it. Congrats to Cris the girl for becoming an annual pass member. Wish I could.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Kiss army! Thank you so much!!! Awesome stuff my friend so happy for Cris
@thecoolestdad
Жыл бұрын
@@TampaJay KISS Army! Right on!
Thank you. Visited relatives in the sixties in center hill when the old downtown buildings were still there. Beautiful area.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome I’m happy you found the video hope it brought back some good memories
That fenced off facility in Mascotte looks sooo much like Cool Springs in Nevada! (Minus the giraffe...)
What a beautiful day for a roadside tour, Tampa Forklift Jay! Just think someday you'll be building a fence around a home for Cris & Bella. And now it's time 2 get caught up on Cris the Girl. As always thx 4 taking us all along on your adventure
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Cindy we both appreciate you watching and sticking with this means so much. Hope you’re having a great Tuesday! Much ahead, my friend
I miss the square dancers coming into steak n shake in my city....the outfits were so cute. TJ...thank you for the video. I loved the country road. Like Nevada desert meets Indiana lol! ❤
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
That’s pretty awesome! In high school we used to go to the Dallas Bull and a place called The Roundup! Cool line dancing places
I love you brother because you remind me of myself I enjoy just driving to a certain point and exploring and randomly seeing what happens❤... my family and friends think I'm crazy but I make for the best Adventures
Looks like an LX 5.0 litre possibly an 86 from the look of it. We love the okahumpka service station on the turnpike just off I75 just before exiting to #27 and heading to the citrus tower the swamp tour and the presidents attraction.
Truly enjoy your traveling to these small off the beaten path places...all of which have their own unique stories and history. Unfortunately you couldn't get into the cemetery to show some of the early inhabitants of the area..but what a fantastic day to share with you. Thank you so much for doing what you do.😇🇺🇸👍🌞
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Charles I really appreciate that! Yes, too bad about the cemetery. It’s OK though, I’m sure whoever owns that property is taking care of it and I hope they appreciate it. Much ahead, my friend
You are amazing
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
You are amazing!
Im loving these videos! Keep it up man! You rock!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks you Mitch! Much ahead
WOW SO COOL I KNOW HOW FARM LIFE IS WE MOVE FROM CITY I WAS 5 NOW 67 IT DO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES NOW I HELP MY NEPHEW WHEN HE COME OVER
Hi Tampa Jay!🙋 Those are awesome small towns and love the old gas station. Awesome video.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Jenny! Appreciate you always watching. Hope you and your family have a happy Tuesday. Much ahead, my friend
@jennymodgoddess
Жыл бұрын
@@TampaJay your welcome. Thank you. Your videos are awesome.
Cool Roadside Attractions Jay!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nick!
Jay, you do a fun and great job. I love driving around like you so your Channel is very fun for me.
Hi Tampa Jay, love your videos, keep it up! Since you like adventuring, have you ever filmed at Coral Castle? That place fascinates me. Don't know how far it is from you. But, would be cool. ☺
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Hey John thank you so much. So coral castle does not allow filming inside. Huge bummer. I still want to visit it someday it’s a classic!!
I’m from Indiana….and ready to move to Florida as well 🤙🏻
Great video ,so well edited! You did find the perfect songs! I guess if worse comes to worse, I can always get a job at the beef factory lol 🤣 I love you!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
😂 😂 🐄 oh no! That made me laugh so hard!! Thanks baby I love you and appreciate you always watching
@CristheGirl
Жыл бұрын
@@TampaJay of course & thank you for the long shoutout at the end!!! And for hanging out with me after all of that!
@joshuatranterhtd4life677
Жыл бұрын
Cris you 2 are the most beautiful couple ever you have such a beautiful soul Cris you always make me smile I love you so much and congratulations on becoming an annual pass holder I subscribed stay safe 💙
I used to drive 18 wheeler out of Okahumpka Fl back in the early 1990's. Used to be a Trucking company called " Lester Coggins Trucking " .Not sure if they are even still in Business all these years later
Awesome video love your channel 👍👍👍👍
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim
Tampa Jay I always love your videos. I love abandoned places. It's always so cool to see these places.. Thank you.. I am proud of the Jays
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Vonita always appreciate you watching and coming with me
Thanks for another excellent video loved it
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching my friend truly appreciate you. Hope you have an awesome Tuesday!
@mikegriffin7600
Жыл бұрын
@@TampaJay thanks enjoying some uk sunshine
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
@@mikegriffin7600 sounds delightful my friend! Happy evening
Awesome!
I stuck to the end. Loved the gas station too. Hope you take a mace spray with you on these. You never know when you'll happen upon some unbalanced homeless man or rabid animal. Please be careful!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for looking out for me always watching my six. Appreciate you watching it’s sticking with me my friend. Much ahead
awesome.God bless.
Cool video.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching bee appreciate you
Am I first? Thumbs up. Will catch up later. Have an awesome day!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
First! Thanks Noelle hope you enjoy the video and same to you
Thanks I enjoyed watching
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Joan
Great camerawork Jay. Come out and see the Angels in Anaheim!
Looks like South Carolina and South Georgia
We used to go screaming up and down Austin Merritt Rd on motorcycles when we were kids
A few years ago me and the kid that was driving my work truck got pulled over by the literal chief of police in center hill. It’s one of the towns in Florida where the speed limit leading in to town goes from 55 to 35 then back in probably less than a mile. It’s pretty funny when the police chief pulls you over and gives you a warning.
The great Chip Haynes had us film a movie in Center Hill called Shadows for a local cable company in the late 80s. I'll have to see if I can find the VHS.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow that’s amazing buddy yes, show me that sometime! Sounds awesome
Thanks TJ
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike
Thanks!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Welcome!
That was a different combination, chicken and donuts!!! But, I’d eat them🤠
Mornin Jay !!
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Morning Lee hope you enjoy the video
Awesome content thanks
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks John
That place with the Phillips 66 sign in Mascotte is or was an antique store. Don’t know if that part is still open or not. The lady that owned it was opened once in a blue moon. I got to go into it once. Had some cool stuff in there. The two buildings next to used to be a store called Sweet Nothings which was a rustic/country nic nac shop that recently closed and moved to Tennessee. I used to go there a lot so that’s why I know about the place. Just in case you want to know the town is pronounced “mascot”.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Cindy
Love your show. Pronounced Mass-scott
Thanks for the video . Enjoyed it very much. Love them old gas stations. Is lake Jackson the lake with the sink hole
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin
Love all of Florida
Some of these places I would love to turn into haunted attractions.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Me too, Al! Haunts on !
Okahumpka is Seminole for “ DEEP WATERS”.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
I love it
@keithspooner23
Жыл бұрын
Love your material Tampa Jay, entertaining ,edumacational and informative. I live in Lake Butler Fl. Originally from Immokalee Fl. Be safe out there.
They just opened a 🥔 restaurant near me they call it the potato box they serve what ever kind of patato you want covered in what you can think of
New video ❤
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy it thank you for clicking
Yes! Seminole Indian names usually have 4 syllables with the accent on the 3rd syllable: O-ka-HUMP-ka Tall-a-HA-see With-la-COO-chee
Hope all's good with you
Center of the Hill
I hear ya about the cows and pigs 😅😂... there is more then corn in Indiana
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Haha love that saying
I REMEMBER
The Zephyrhills water is dried up.😊
Took nerve to open that shed door
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
That was fun
I was hoping you would of made it up to Ocala
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Much ahead my friend, someday. I used to work there.
jay this is something you may look into as i dont know myself but was the kings highway at one time like the dixie highway and ran through many states? i know you have kings highway in south carolina too.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Not sure if it was apart of the Dixie this would have been back in the early 1800s when the military used it to travel back in forth from tampa to north florida
@jeffreyrigged
Жыл бұрын
@Tampa Jay I actually looked it up. So uts was originally kings road. Went from Tampa to Jacksonville. The myrtle beach kings went from Savanah to Boston. Both are equally as old and had similar uses. Named both after king charles.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyrigged That’s amazing. Thank you for w light me. Fun facts man
They looked right into my little pig soul
Lake county is my favorite place to go for a cruise the hills are awesome.
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Very beautiful out there I look forward to going back. Not too many hills in Florida
Mascotte Mas cot
oops sorry the caps was on
Have you ever done anything in Polk county?
@TampaJay
Жыл бұрын
Yes not too long ago
@Aaron_Scissorhands
Жыл бұрын
@Tampa Jay Oh, so it's like that? Lol, okay, I'll find it. Thanks for letting me know.
where is the topless donut shop? or is that an urban legend......
Marcotte is pronounced "Mass Cot"
Those are Indian names 😅
have to seen this video to Gov Ron, who is overseas in Japan while the flooding in Florida continues. //