you are in the Florida hill country-- North of Orlando--in Clermont-- is orange grove country, with some of the meanest (and possibly only, other than bridges) hills in Florida. And they are mean-- Sugarloaf is one-- the road up to the Citrus Tower is another-- In Clermont there is the national triathlon training camp, aand there is the Great Floridian headquarters-- you can find people to ride with, and good training rides.
train safe-