Please Don't Hate Florida

Sea Dog wrote:
To each his own.I love Florida, we avoid the cities,
winter in a small inland town.Once got suckered into visiting
the Texas gulf coast in Feb,what a mistake,cold, windy, barren.
That was early eighties
gone to Florida each winter ever since!,

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Yep, went to Rockport for a month in Feb 3 years ago. Your description fits perfectly. Drove all over the place, even down to Mexico.
Florida is soooo much nicer..
Happy trails,

To each his own.
I love Florida, we avoid the cities,
winter in a small inland town.

Once got suckered into visiting
the Texas gulf coast in Feb,
what a mistake,
cold, windy, barren.

That was early eighties
gone to Florida each winter ever since!,

I don't hate Florida. I also don't particularly like it. Too hot in the summer, flat, and over-crowded.

Ugh, no thanks, Florida.

My favorite season is fall and I love the cool, crisp days when the leaves are changing. It is by far the best time of year to camp, IMO. I won't give that up to get rid of winter.

Anyway, I actually love winter. There is something fun about looking out the window and watching the snow. Kids love it. Especially when baking cookies in the days leading up to Christmas! We have a snow blower and I can have the driveway cleared in about 15 minutes. Big deal.

I did my time in South Texas for five years and you will never catch me living in a place like that again. I think it is far more miserable in the summer than the north is in the winter.

My wife is from Florida and just yesterday she said, "I am so glad I don't live there anymore." :E

Don't get me wrong, there are some great places to see and some great camping in Florida, but I will never live there.

I know it gets really hot at lots of places. I've been in the Badlands of SD when it was around 100 if I remember correctly and I was up in Iowa just last September when it was around 100 for a few days.

BUT

The difference I see is that Florida starts getting hot and steamy somewhere in April and stays that way till sometime in October when it does start to break. Where I live, it will be mid 90s for a high and no lower then about 75 for a low EVERY DAY. And it will still be over 80 at midnight. It will usually cloud up and thunderstorm about 3:00-4:00 every day in the summer. It's all very constant. I don't even know why we have weather 'people', except to advise us about hurricanes. I usually have my AC running for good by Easter every year. Early in the season I do run it, even if the outside temps are marginal, just to keep the humidity out of the house.

It seemed like even in the hotter areas up north, it at least cooled off a little more at night and there were also breaks in the hot weather.

Jean S wrote:
Yes, yes we do stay warmer longer. But we stay get down inro the 40's here in central FL, so bring some warm clothes. We make up for our milder winters by being darned near intolerable in the summer.

Remember that when we do get our cold spell, it is also wet. It chills you right thru your clothes. It can feels worse outside than a dry cold at 30 degrees lower. Being trapped inside is still a bore.

I'll tell you where it's also "darn near intolerable" in the summer. I just spent a large part of the summer in central Arkansas before coming to central Fl 2 months ago. I'd never ran the A/C as much anywhere as in central Ar. Temps and humidity were simply ghastly. The beautiful countryside somewhat made up for the temps, but not quite! LOL

Yes, yes we do stay warmer longer. But we stay get down inro the 40's here in central FL, so bring some warm clothes. We make up for our milder winters by being darned near intolerable in the summer.

Remember that when we do get our cold spell, it is also wet. It chills you right thru your clothes. It can feels worse outside than a dry cold at 30 degrees lower. Being trapped inside is still a bore.

BillB800si wrote:
Florida has one thing I want in the winter. WARMTH !!!
I could care less about zoos- museums- restaurants- we have all of that in Michigan. What we don't have is WARMTH !!
So off we go to Florida.....

You COULD or you COULDN'T care less? Welcome!

I believe that's the very definition of 'Different strokes for different folks'.

I'll be playing golf tomorrow here in Tucson. From the course I look up at Mt Lemon (9,300'), 12 miles to the east, covered in snow but on the first tee at 12:22 it will be 80. I'll be packing my sunscreen and a cold brewski (or two).... "Fore!"

:B