TAKE A MONSTER TRUCK THROUGH A FLORIDA ORANGE GROVE

By Staff Reports
Photo: Showcase of Citrus, Clermont (Authentic Florida)
CLERMONT — Only in Florida could “pick your own oranges” and “ride in a giant monster truck” be the same afternoon.
At Showcase of Citrus, a 2,500-acre working ranch and grove in the Clermont hills, the headline act is the monster truck eco-tour: custom-built giants that rumble through citrus groves, pastures, and swampland while guides talk Florida ranch history. Between tours, there’s seasonal fruit picking, farm animals to feed, fresh-squeezed everything, and a country store full of Florida citrus products.
It’s a family operation with deep roots — the kind of roadside Florida that existed long before the theme parks, super-sized. Kids lose their minds over the trucks; adults quietly lose theirs over the fresh orange slushies.
Orlando’s attractions are world-famous, but this one, forty minutes away, is pure old Florida — with much bigger tires.
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Sources: Showcase of Citrus