Summer camping in Florida
Ah, there is nothing like it. A week at the serenity of Salt Springs and that 72* water on a 90+ day, the Dip in the Rainbow River or a float trip before going out for seafood and then that week at Gr...
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It's great to have less competition for camp sites now. April and May are wonderful here - excellent weather, snowbirds gone and kids still in school.
I have to laugh at the dissing of my state's summer temperatures. I grew up in Washington, DC, where the bugs, heat and humidity made it a "hardship" posting before the days of air conditioning. Also lived on the coast of NC where we used our back yard to eat out exactly one time in 8 years - too hot, humid, and buggy.
Unfortunately DC and most northern states do not have our nifty Florida home feature, the "Lanai cage" which keeps out bugs so you can sit outside all year if you wish. I always thought those screened cages looked kind of dorky but now I love it.
We love the warm temps because then we can really enjoy Florida without all the snowbird traffic. We never get in the ocean or our pool from November through April. Water's too cold. In the summer, it's wonderful.
I have to laugh at the dissing of my state's summer temperatures. I grew up in Washington, DC, where the bugs, heat and humidity made it a "hardship" posting before the days of air conditioning. Also lived on the coast of NC where we used our back yard to eat out exactly one time in 8 years - too hot, humid, and buggy.
Unfortunately DC and most northern states do not have our nifty Florida home feature, the "Lanai cage" which keeps out bugs so you can sit outside all year if you wish. I always thought those screened cages looked kind of dorky but now I love it.
We love the warm temps because then we can really enjoy Florida without all the snowbird traffic. We never get in the ocean or our pool from November through April. Water's too cold. In the summer, it's wonderful.
