First Time Snowbirding Experiences

Water-Bug wrote:
We're definitely going to snowbird for the first time, in Florida next winter. Having never even camped in Florida befor, we are wondering how to approach it for the first time. Should we plan an exploratory trip in the next several months or should we just wait until November and wing it?

Either will work depending on where you're going. The CGs near the beaches wont have space but those more inland will be 1/3 to 1/2 empty. And a lot cheaper. The first time we kind of winged it but the last 2 winters we had a place to go.

I can think of better ways of spending the summer, than camping in the Florida summer heat. Is driving down late in November and moving around for several weeks to find a place to our liking, a bad idea ?

That depends on the area you have in mind.

What have your experiences been ? I know that having a place reserved ahead of time is probably a good idea but we don't even know how long we would want to stay in one place. I'm sure that the summer crowd and things to do are going to differ greatly from what we see in winter also.

You will die in the summer heat. Do you have any particular area of FL in mind?