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Did you ever find yourself in an orange grove? There is nothing else so fine under the Southern sun; I do not say the sun everywhere, for an apple orchard beats the world for beauty–and a cherry orchard, full of crimson Maydukes and Black Tartarians, is also hard to beat. But under the Southern sky the orange is the best thing the sun and the soil can make, and it is a wonder that grows on the imagination every time you see it.

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All The Randy Wayne White Books

I’m pretty sure the Most Interesting Man Dos Equis commercials were based on Randy Wayne White. In high school he competed in football, baseball and springboard diving (of course!) and then traveled for five years until settling in Southwest Florida where he worked for a newspaper for four years, earned his captain’s license, bought a boat and then ran fishing charters for 13 years.

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