I miss having a local community. Advice?
So,for the past 2 years I have been spending summer at my S&B, winter at my snowbird town, and spring and fall camping and visiting people.
I have close friends who I talk to on the phone long distance, and internet friends, and I know a few peope in my snowbird town.... but I miss feeling rooted in a community. I still have that at my S&B, but that's a small part of the year.
I have made an effort to make friends this winter, but I am not skilled at it! Partly it's the locstion -- suburban driveway camping, not an RV park, and people are busy with their families, etc.
I think about switching to an actual snowbird community, just so there would be more people in the same boat. But I fear they will mostly be couples, and older than me.
Also, it is VERY important to me to have a winter garden, and that works much better in the ground than in containers; I don't know if I could find a cheap snowbird park that allows that.
I am leaving now for my spring camping, and feeling like it will be lonely. I have invited friends to camp with me, and some will for short visits, but everyone has their own busy lives, you know?
How do you folks manage this stuff? Especially single people under 50 without kids, if you exist ;).
I have close friends who I talk to on the phone long distance, and internet friends, and I know a few peope in my snowbird town.... but I miss feeling rooted in a community. I still have that at my S&B, but that's a small part of the year.
I have made an effort to make friends this winter, but I am not skilled at it! Partly it's the locstion -- suburban driveway camping, not an RV park, and people are busy with their families, etc.
I think about switching to an actual snowbird community, just so there would be more people in the same boat. But I fear they will mostly be couples, and older than me.
Also, it is VERY important to me to have a winter garden, and that works much better in the ground than in containers; I don't know if I could find a cheap snowbird park that allows that.
I am leaving now for my spring camping, and feeling like it will be lonely. I have invited friends to camp with me, and some will for short visits, but everyone has their own busy lives, you know?
How do you folks manage this stuff? Especially single people under 50 without kids, if you exist ;).
