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Originally Posted by Michael 61 (Post 2216611)

So far I’m digging it - playing golf or pickleball early in morning / shifted to indoor activities in the afternoons where AC keeps me very comfortable — back outside after about 6 or 630 for time on squares / walks/ golf cart rides / going to friends’ houses to socialize - May is a great month!

I enjoy getting up early, having my morning coffee outdoors and it being warm already. Great being in shorts and flip flops 24/7. (Or appropriate footwear if playing sports).

Good question though - you should ask again periodically through the summer for us newbies.

Good attitude, Mike. It does get hot in the summer. It’s Florida. You get used to it…or leave. We’ve been here 10 years and wouldn’t consider living anywhere else.

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2217174)

Never quite felt that way.

My wife and I play golf year-round; in the summers most often in the afternoons because courses for the most part are wide open. When my wife is not hitting the ball she is usually sheltering under an umbrella or under a tree. For myself, neither are necessary. I also enjoy walking on a summer afternoon; far fewer people. In winter, no matter where you are in TV, you're surrounded by people, oftentimes noise, always distractions. Not so on a summer walk. You can take time to enjoy the sights and the weather unbothered by internal combustion engine noise and odors, dangerous golf-cart jockeys, etc.

It is odd, maybe, but I've heard other Minnesotans say the same thing: my body seems to absorb the summer sun and heat, feeling more alive in the process. I don't discount what it could do: I drink plenty of water, iced tea, etc., but I welcome the summer sun rather than sheltering from it.

Maybe I should adopt your attitude, it sure beats bitching about the sun. Thanks for the comment :)

Joe

We are Missouri/Floridians so we spend the winter in TV and go back to Missouri before Easter. Kansas City summers actually get hotter, periodically, than TV. We will get 100+ degree temps with high humidity for a few weeks. The difference is, in TV there is very rarely a break. Mid nineties every day for months on end. In KC we will get an occasional day in the low eighties or even seventies. Another difference is in KC we often endure draught conditions in the summer whereas in TV in August (we’ve never been there in July) it rains for fifteen minutes or so virtually every afternoon. For several years now we have spent August and September in TV, and love it. The whole vibe of the place is different with less traffic, easier restaurant seating, more tee times, easy seating at the Squares, and simply a less frenetic pace. We do have our own pool so that makes it even better and is a motivator for getting there in the summer. See you in August!