We are enjoying the beautiful weather in Port Richey, FL (68-80 days, 55-65 nights). We follow reports from home and the rest of the country and understand why so many people come here in winter! I swim every day and we have visited many gulf coast beaches. The beaches are not very crowded and some are deserted! The locals think its a little chilly! We have watched the sunset from 4 different locations. It is nice to see the sun setting over the Gulf to the west! It seems much more familiar than the Atlantic coast where the sun sets in the "wrong" direction.
The people we have encountered are delightful. Many from Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minesota, and Michigan. We are the only ones from the West coast in this park of about 300. You can get quite involved in the park social life if you want to. Our next door neighbor is the "block captain" and hosts a happy hour from 4-5 daily. You bring your own drink of choice, a chair, and everyone leaves promptly at 5 - easy and fun. We have attended when we are here at that time and enoyed. There are sports and cultural activities for all tastes and there was an "Elvis impersonator" the other night.
One real problem is the water. It is bad. We buy filtered drinking water. Fortunately, there are little kiosk stands in shopping center parking lots where you can fill gallon containers for 25 cents. The coffee in restaurants is not good and I now drink very STRONG tea to mask the bad taste!
Explored St. Petersburg and found it a clean, uncrowded and nice area. There was actually a lot of parking available in the downtown area which appeared prosperous and tidy.
Many towns are honeycombed with water finger canals (like Newport Shores). Millions of boats! Nice areas have wide canals and more modest areas have narrow canals. There is water access to rivers, the gulf, the intercoastal waterway, or the bay everywhere. The terrain is quite flat and we have hardly been over 25 feet above sea level in some time. A serious sunami or hurricane would be devistating. People around here had to evacuate 3 times 2 years ago!
We have been eating out a fair amount as we are often on the go and prices are very reasonable. It seems interesting that the hostesses in restaurants are not very good, however the waiters are excellent!
The people we have encountered are delightful. Many from Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minesota, and Michigan. We are the only ones from the West coast in this park of about 300. You can get quite involved in the park social life if you want to. Our next door neighbor is the "block captain" and hosts a happy hour from 4-5 daily. You bring your own drink of choice, a chair, and everyone leaves promptly at 5 - easy and fun. We have attended when we are here at that time and enoyed. There are sports and cultural activities for all tastes and there was an "Elvis impersonator" the other night.
One real problem is the water. It is bad. We buy filtered drinking water. Fortunately, there are little kiosk stands in shopping center parking lots where you can fill gallon containers for 25 cents. The coffee in restaurants is not good and I now drink very STRONG tea to mask the bad taste!
Explored St. Petersburg and found it a clean, uncrowded and nice area. There was actually a lot of parking available in the downtown area which appeared prosperous and tidy.
Many towns are honeycombed with water finger canals (like Newport Shores). Millions of boats! Nice areas have wide canals and more modest areas have narrow canals. There is water access to rivers, the gulf, the intercoastal waterway, or the bay everywhere. The terrain is quite flat and we have hardly been over 25 feet above sea level in some time. A serious sunami or hurricane would be devistating. People around here had to evacuate 3 times 2 years ago!
We have been eating out a fair amount as we are often on the go and prices are very reasonable. It seems interesting that the hostesses in restaurants are not very good, however the waiters are excellent!
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