Possible snowbird next year.
I have been retired for awhile and now that the grandkids are in school, we are not as closely involved with them. I am getting sick of MI winters (lack of sun more than the cold or even the snow). ...
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What people do varies a lot. I know three cases of Florida - Michigan snowbirding.
My late brother would go down to Florida after Labor Day and come back to Michigan at the beginning of June. He would fly back to Michigan for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with family (usually hosted at his Michigan house, which was kept up in his absence by niece and nephew). His wintering place was in Citrus County, which is less crowded than South Florida but still warm enough if you are used to Michigan weather.
One cousin goes down (from forest cottage in NE Lower Peninsula) at beginning of October, taking about a month to get to Fort Myers. Last year he started leaving his RV in Florida, built a small camper in the large utility trailer he uses to carry his motorcycles back and forth, for camping enroute. He returns to Michigan April-May, again spending 2-4 weeks enroute. His kids come down to Florida for holidays, if they are not doing something else (like cruises or tropical vacations).
Another cousin goes down (to Hernando County) after the beginning of the year, returns to Michigan (Detroit area) towards the end of March. My grandparents lived in Hernando County 1950 to 1980, found it adequately warm for a mostly outdoor life in the winter.
What space works is something each couple has to figure out for themselves. Two people will not each have their own space in 18-foot TT (if you mean overall length, not box size). At that size, separate sleeping and living areas are unlikely. As you get to 22-24 feet overall length, you will find sleeping space separate from living areas, and at the upper end, maybe separate dining and seating spaces. But you will both be in the same room, all the time.
No place in Florida is going to have winter daytime highs in the 60s guaranteed. I lived Central Florida two years, most of the winter I was in summer uniforms with a jacket. However January 72 when we went to Key West, highs dropped into the 40s as far south as the Keys. But generally it highs will be 50s to 70s most of January and February, once you are south of Tampa. March is warm. Winter is the gray season in Florida, but not as gray as Michigan winters.
My late brother would go down to Florida after Labor Day and come back to Michigan at the beginning of June. He would fly back to Michigan for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with family (usually hosted at his Michigan house, which was kept up in his absence by niece and nephew). His wintering place was in Citrus County, which is less crowded than South Florida but still warm enough if you are used to Michigan weather.
One cousin goes down (from forest cottage in NE Lower Peninsula) at beginning of October, taking about a month to get to Fort Myers. Last year he started leaving his RV in Florida, built a small camper in the large utility trailer he uses to carry his motorcycles back and forth, for camping enroute. He returns to Michigan April-May, again spending 2-4 weeks enroute. His kids come down to Florida for holidays, if they are not doing something else (like cruises or tropical vacations).
Another cousin goes down (to Hernando County) after the beginning of the year, returns to Michigan (Detroit area) towards the end of March. My grandparents lived in Hernando County 1950 to 1980, found it adequately warm for a mostly outdoor life in the winter.
What space works is something each couple has to figure out for themselves. Two people will not each have their own space in 18-foot TT (if you mean overall length, not box size). At that size, separate sleeping and living areas are unlikely. As you get to 22-24 feet overall length, you will find sleeping space separate from living areas, and at the upper end, maybe separate dining and seating spaces. But you will both be in the same room, all the time.
No place in Florida is going to have winter daytime highs in the 60s guaranteed. I lived Central Florida two years, most of the winter I was in summer uniforms with a jacket. However January 72 when we went to Key West, highs dropped into the 40s as far south as the Keys. But generally it highs will be 50s to 70s most of January and February, once you are south of Tampa. March is warm. Winter is the gray season in Florida, but not as gray as Michigan winters.
