Who's Wintering in Florida ?

[WhittleBurner]

Hi all! This will be our first time wintering in FL for an extended period. We'll be staying in Bradenton. It wasn't easy to find a place that will allow 3 dogs with no size limit.
The pluses for that area for us aside form allowing ALL the dogs is there is no lack of things to do if we feel like wandering. We'll be close enough to the Ocean to go play in the sand
and we have lots of family living in the area.

We're playing with the idea of trying the Texas Coast the following winter.

So who's going to be snowbirding in FL this coming winter ?

 

[Dave and Monica]

We're in the Florida panhandle Jan and Feb staying at state parks...same as last year. A little cooler than central Florida, but not crowded. a lot less expensive and the weather suits us fine.

Dave

 

[LCBoyer]

We plant to go to Key West for a couple weeks in November. Then we will spend 3 Months in Homestead area, Goldcoaster RV Park

 

[bob hohn]

plan on it just haven't decided when to start. maybe feb. & march or where,thats what we like about retirement

 

[Martin&Roggie]

We plant to go to Key West for a couple weeks in November. Then we will spend 3 Months in Homestead area, Goldcoaster RV Park

Where do you stay in Key West? We are planning our first retirement winter visit to Boyds Key West Campground.

 

[Sandi]

Hey Marcy!
Allen and I are going back to Bay Bayou in Tampa again this year except we are staying 4 months this year Going down on Dec. 1st thru April 1st. Flying home for Chrismas in between.
Don't care if I ever see snow again!!

 

[LCBoyer]

We will try to get into NS Sigsby for couple weeks

 

[2hams]

We haven't made any reservations yet. We might go back to Sarasota for a few weeks. I've been toying with idea of going to Texas, but it's so much farther for us.

 

[Steve and Cill]

We will be in Destin at the Ft Benning Rec Area from the middle of October until the middle of January. We will either go over to Pensacola NAS or to Mayport NS after we leave Destin.

Steve

 

[LCBoyer]

Ft. Benning Rec Area is nice, kinda tight for big rigs.

 

[GaryBro]

We have reservations in Moore Haven (Southwest side of Okeechobee) for November and December. Kind of a drive to a big town, but people there are very friendly and rates are great. We will probably move to a different location for January and February.

 

[smkunder]

We will be in Beverly Hills Florida for the winter. Our third year its wonderful.

 

[TNFLineage]

We stayed at Seasons in the Sun, Mims, FL last January. It's just south of Titusville on the Atlantic side. We only stayed for January and were on a waiting list. We're glad we got in. It's a great campground, parts of it have many trees, kind of reminds us of a Michigan campground. They have many amenities, you can stay as busy as you want to be. We are on their waiting list again for 2016, they prefer to fill up with 3-4 month rentals.

 

[WhittleBurner]

Looks like there will be a few GDs traveling about FL! Maybe some of us will cross paths. We're there Jan 1 through the end of April. Leaving home the day after Christmas and hoping we have no snow on the way down. We're looking forward to it.
This will be our longest time out and away, a big test for the 303 which I have no doubts it'll pass.

Dave, we started out looking into the Parks in the panhandle last year but our trailer went in for the last little bit of minor warranty service just before we left in early Feb. We had scheduled the service before we decided to go down.
We stayed with friends and family and explored lots of State and private Parks on each coast. FL state parks look nice, some looked challenging to back into the sites with narrow park roads. But getting full hook up is a tough game to play with their reservation system. Booking almost 4 months would have been a challenge.

 

[Cate&Rob]

We will be based out of a park near Lake Wales (with a couple of state park side trips) during December and January. Then we will work our way north from Fort Myers to the panhandle through February and March. Mostly state parks . . . and, yes . . . Cate booked all of these state park stays, 11 months in advance !

Rob

 

[Steve and Cill]

Ft. Benning Rec Area is nice, kinda tight for big rigs.

LC, you're right about it being tight, the last big rig site down by the laundry and bath house, I think it's #18, is at such an odd angle it takes forever to get backed into (ask me how I know).

We really love the area and you're close enough to Eglin AFB to use the BX and Commissary.

Steve

 

[LCBoyer]

I know about 18. Not many sites easy to get a big rig in. It's a nice area.

 

[gkbutler]

We are wintering in Ft. Myers. Woodsmoke Resort on 41. An older park, but has all of the amenities. We are loving it right now.
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[Scott and Jan]

Aww, how nice. Everybody coming down to FL just to see me because we can't make it to the rally! Thanks guys!

 

[Dick 641]

Aww, how nice. Everybody coming down to FL just to see me because we can't make it to the rally! Thanks guys!

Sure hope you have a big driveway for us all