We'll snowbird this summer only because we're setting up our house in Upstate NY for sale. When I was younger, didn't have an iffy back, etc. I enjoyed a day on the slopes, but skiing is even more pricey, crowed with less good snow days, and my back won't take it. That leaves us with just stupidly cold days (even when no snow) and winter seems like it lasts 6 months now. Snowblowers, shoveling sidewalks, heating bills, and just getting around can be miserable. Spring (muddy season), Summer, Fall are pretty, and we do enjoy it. In the early 80s, I lived in Michigan on Lake Michigan, which brought a new definition of cold to me with the obscene double digit below zero windchill off the lake. While not having been on a Florida summer in decades, I did work for years in MS, where the heat and humidity were at least as oppressive as FL, with Golf Shores, AL as the nearest clean reasonable beach. We're going to do year-round in TV, the Gulf and the Atlantic are easy day trips to find sea water and breezes. We won't be there every day of summer, but as a hub to go visit kids around the country and generally travel, we're good with just having one place to keep up with. Being <1 hour to MCO makes traveling almost anywhere easy.
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