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Originally Posted by asianthree
Renter Snowbirds: Playing in the rain, with 40 degree temperatures, because I am only here for ___________time.
Owner Snowbirds: have zero trademark indication. Cool summers with a lake you can swim in and live to tell. Happy they got to see the leaves turn colors, sad they raked. Happy to see the first snow(if they were lucky). Then closed their up north home, possibly driving in crap weather (at least this week) to their TV home.
Smiles all around that they have the best of both worlds, for their lifestyle.
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LOL, as an owner/snowflake I’ll address each of those as they all apply.
It’s not just renter snowbirds who play in the rain when it’s 40 degrees, you’ll find me there also. Why? Those are great conditions relative to up north, the courses are practically empty, a 2 1/2 round is very doable, and you can get out early enough during a short January day to finish 18 at the 9 hole rate : )
Absolutely love swimming (and fishing) in the lake, without any alligators or poisonous snakes) during the summer.
Seeing the leaves turn is nice, but I’m typically at our Villages home for the annual fall stay during peak foliage season. However, that doesn’t get me out of leaf clearing at our northern home, the family lake cottage, or my father in laws. That being said, I don’t own a rake, the Stihl BR 800 backpack blower does the trick.
Was happy to already see the first, second, and third snow of the season, and had to plow it. Been there and done that and ready to get the *&$# out of here. It was nice to have a white Christmas: )
In the process of closing up the northern home now, way too much work. Getting close to time to downsize.
The beauty of being retired is we no longer have to drive in crappy weather. We schedule a date to leave for the very long two day drive and closely watch the forecast. If we have to, we reluctantly move the trip. And we have learned the hard way, never make the drive the week between Christmas and New Years, the snowbird migration traffic that week I can be terrible.
And yes, smiles all around for the best of both worlds. That being said, we can’t wait to get our butts south, my wife slipped on the ice and went down hard this morning walking the dog and we narrowly avoided a disaster. If that’s not a sign it’s time to go south, then nothing is.