gel1197
07-13-2008, 12:12 PM
Has anyone been to Rancho Bonito in Lakeland, Florida?
This property is actually an old land scam from the 80's. One of those "Own a piece of Florida" things and the 1 1/4 acre lots were sold mostly to New Yorkers, Californians and Puerto Ricans. The lots were deeded but never surveyed. The area was slightly developed (roads and a gate) but that was mostly for press releases to sell the lots. I remember driving down the main roads at 60+ mph in a car on nice flat straight roads years ago!
Shortly after selling all the lots the development just stopped. Now it's just vacant land off Hwy 54 in Polk County.
Some of the "owners" wanted to turn it into a private hunting area. So be careful during any hunting season! See the hunters don't like the atv'ers who don't like the hunters...see where this is going?
Once I was riding in the early morning (it gets hot out there in July/August) and I'm with my son's. We make a turn and some naked chick was running from a tent toward a creek! We all just kind of laughed but anything is possible out there.
Just wondered what everyone else thought about it?
This property is actually an old land scam from the 80's. One of those "Own a piece of Florida" things and the 1 1/4 acre lots were sold mostly to New Yorkers, Californians and Puerto Ricans. The lots were deeded but never surveyed. The area was slightly developed (roads and a gate) but that was mostly for press releases to sell the lots. I remember driving down the main roads at 60+ mph in a car on nice flat straight roads years ago!
Shortly after selling all the lots the development just stopped. Now it's just vacant land off Hwy 54 in Polk County.
Some of the "owners" wanted to turn it into a private hunting area. So be careful during any hunting season! See the hunters don't like the atv'ers who don't like the hunters...see where this is going?
Once I was riding in the early morning (it gets hot out there in July/August) and I'm with my son's. We make a turn and some naked chick was running from a tent toward a creek! We all just kind of laughed but anything is possible out there.
Just wondered what everyone else thought about it?