South for the Winter

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I don't think snowbirding is as easy as some folks make it seem to be. The questions are .... where to go? and, when to get there? Then, how do you actually pick out a great place to spend the winter? That's hard, isn't it? Well, maybe it's not so hard depending on how you define the winter and how long you actually plan on staying in one place? We've read folks' opinion when it comes to spending your first winter out. They say to visit several different resorts just so you don't miss the real gem. What's a real gem? I guess it's some place that meets your criteria for a wonderful stay. Is it for one month or is it for six months?

We don't know where the perfect place to spend the winter for us is. We just don't want to miss out. It would be so much easier if we could be like Samantha on Bewitched and just wiggle our nose and be there. Then, we could also wiggle it again and move on if we didn't like it. We have seen a few places we really thought were nice but not so sure any would be the perfect place ..... yet.

The perfect place for us may not be the perfect place for someone else. We did see one place that certainly wouldn't be difficult to return to. It was on Navarre Beach on the Gulf of Florida. You could actually back right up to the sand barrier. Everything was clean, concrete, small trees and a gorgeous beach view. It was a WOW park. We also have a park in Yuma we like and there are a few Thousand Trails parks in Texas we like.

Even though we never expect every park to have everything we want, we hope to be able to have a few things and, of course, some are more important than others. We need good internet, good Dish Network reception and good weather. Those three items are definite musts. We'd like to have a palm tree or two .. just to remind us where we are but suppose we could bring our own if necessary. And, we don't want to be next to an RV that catches on fire ... we knew someone that just went through that (ouch!).

Being close to a beach, shopping and friends are a big plus. Large clean sites with concrete slabs are also a plus but not necessarily a requirement. There are a lot of RV resorts in Arizona, southern Texas and Florida that really are resorts. They have just about every type of amenity you can imagine. And, of course, they have the price to go with it. However, many of these parks are huge .. huge .. huge. We like the small parks. The rental for a slab to park your RV on for a month can range from $225 to $1,500!!! Some of these include electricity and others have a meter and charge you for it.

It'll be interesting how this winter plays out. We've been on the move the last couple of months and now we're ready to slow the horses for a while ... but we don't know how long until we're ready to move again.

Do we know the perfect place? No, we don't know the perfect place. And, actually, the perfect place just might not be as important as the people are ... and we already know that. The people actually make the park. And, we're looking forward to our next park ... because of the people.

Like all RV'ers .. if we don't like one place, we do have wheels.