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HK

Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:16:39 -0500, HK wrote:

I'm not a big fan of those houses on the manmade canals. In fact,
I'm not a big fan of having waterfront property with a boat dock.
Looking out the den window and seeing a big boat or my neighbor's
house across the canal is not to my taste. I'd rather park the boat
at a nearby marina.

If my boat was in a marina I probably wouldn't use it very much.
Certainly not 4 or 5 times a week. The trick is finding a short canal
with no traffic and nobody out your
back door. I passed the house next to the one I posted and went around
the corner on a dead end canal. I am 300' from the river but I don't
ever see any boat traffic and it is a very private yard.

I don't think I could ever get used to living in south Florida
because of the heat from April through October. But obviously lots
of folks like it.

I really don't think it is any hotter here in the summer than it was
in DC. I remember lots of days over 100 there in the summer. It never
gets much more than the mid 90s here if you are near the water. The
real difference is at night but that is what AC is for. Now if 50-60
is your favorite temperature, we don't have much for you here 9 months
of the year.
I like 75-85 myself but I boat and swim in my pool a lot.

75-85 is also my preferred summertime temp.
When we lived in north Florida, I'd have business trips a few times a
month to south Florida, both on the Miami side and on your side, well,
usually in Tampa-St. Pete. Almost always, as soon as I got off the
plane in your latitudes in the spring or summer, I was knocked over by
the heat.

Reminds me of reporting to Puerto Rico for duty while in the Navy. I
flew to San Juan in October, wearing my winter dress uniform. Stepped
out of the airplane upon arrival and felt like I got punched in the
stomach. It took about a month to acclimate.

Eisboch

Well, I will say I never spent a lot of time in south Florida during the
steamy months. Couple days at most. I do recall a pretty nice beach stay
at St. Pete. Great thunderstorms...rivers running through the streets,
as it were. But late afternoon and short-lived.