Near the Top

From the top you can see Orlando to the north, Disney to the south and west.  The wheel is located south of Sand Lake Road, east of I-4, east of International Drive on Universal Boulevard.  When I first moved to Orlando I shared an apartment with my middle brother about 4 miles north and east of here.  The only thing south of Sand Lake Road and east of I-4 was the Martin Marietta engineering and manufacturing facility.  Now a part of Lockheed,  Martin owned thousand of fenced acres.  What they did, was mostly classified military work, flying hardware of mass destruction.  I was shocked by how much of their factory is still there.  The exit off of the expressway is unmarked, security looks effective.   

My how things have changed, and I was surprised at this still being there.