Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
A town called Christmas – Location 28.5363, -81.0175
If your idea of Christmas is snow, you won’t find any here; as a matter of fact the life expectancy of a snowman in this place is about an hour on a cool day. I’m talking about the town of Christmas, Florida, located on State Road 50, half-way between Cocoa and Orlando. Christmas residents may not have any snow, but they keep the happy holiday spirit all year long. At the main intersection in this small community is a permanent Nativity scene and nearby is a big living Christmas tree that stays decorated all year.
In keeping with the Yule Tide spirit, the streets have such names as Candy Cane, Frosty, Blitzen, Donner, Dasher, Dancer, Cupid, Comet, Antler, Rudolph, Sleigh Bell, Christmas Road, and Highway 50 East…oops, forget that last one.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: Dendrophobia is the fear of what?
A: TV rooms = N29° 28.796' W81° 48.642
B: Lion’s lairs = N29° 28.796' W81° 48.632
C: Trees = N29° 28.796' W81° 48.622