We first saw the villages in the early 1990s when we were looking to possibly settle in Florida after retirement. Went to a small place which had about 6-7 manufactured houses on 42. It naturally is complete now and looks very nice, but the villages is all around it - then it wasn't. We opted out for the time being and returned to Ohio. Some years later we saw the ads on FOX News, and said "oh I remember that place" lets check it out, as I was retiring a second time. Two life style previews and 3-4 years later we reserved a lot in August of 2009, purchased a year ago last week, closed on 22 March, moved on 14 May and now call St Charles our home. We listen intently when family members bend our ear on the phone about their snow and ice, but setting on the deck for dinner at the Harborside Bar and Grill on New Years day with temps in the 70s watching the herons and sea gulls dive bomb Lake Sumter prompted us to decide we had made a good move.....
