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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!
I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida,
I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February.

Eisboch

That's true. In December, January and February, and part of March, south
Florida is bearable, climate wise. When I lived in Florida, I had to fly
down to Tampa once a month on business. Most of the year, it was really
just too hot for my taste.

For "living" purposes in Florida, I prefer the areas of the state that
have three nice and distinct seasons and a modest winter. That pretty
much limits me to latitudes higher than Orlando. If I relocated to that
state again, I'd probably head for an area between St. Augustine and
Palm Coast, or I'd head up north to Fernandina. The coastal fishing
between there and Jacksonville is terrific, and the ICW and ICW creek
fishing is some of the best in Florida.