We are now in Georgia just above Jacksonville, Fl. Jacksonville is a nice town that is clean and prosperous. It is pretty with lots of water access to homes and good use of the river, intercoastal waterway and other water areas.
Our GA motorhome park is on "Old Still Road" and it looks like an area were there could be an old still. We are near a scenic drive on the coast from here to Savannah. We visited Jekyll
Island which was originally built up with "cottages" owned by the very rich around the early 1900s. There are still some of the buildings that are being used as art centers and libraries, etc. There are some fine old hotels and the whole place is historic and quite charming.
Now that we are out of Florida we have some random impressions that we will share!
1. It is very flat! The "Terrace Hill Apartments" are at an elevation of 12 feet!
2. Everything is very green. Lots of palm trees, pine trees, low green shrubs, etc. However, there has not been as many flowers as we thought we would see. We are told it is hard to maintain them in the hot summers so most homeowners don't bother. There is a dark pink azalea that is in bloom now and is quite spectacular.
3. There is a definite difference in "class" in the motorhome parks. The price of the park or the quality of the surrounding area is not necessarily a clue to the class of the park. We really can't tell ahead of time when we are making advance reservations. We stayed in about 7 Florida parks and saw quite a variation. The worst park had lots of aging ladies with various tatoos - not a good thing! However, people were friendly everywhere once we said hello to them, and we have been generally pleased with most parks.
4. There is a lot of housing and property for sale. Probably due to the hurricanes and the fact that many insurance companies are trying to leave the area. Should you want to move here, you could do so for very little!
5. Things in general are low priced here. Groceries, restaurants, clothes and things at Home Depot seem to all be less.
6. The mild weather we have had has been very enjoyable. Swimming, bike riding and visiting the beach is very nice. (Although we have been surprised at the lack of actual bike trails. The flat terraine does make biking easy in areas away from traffic!)
The rural GA areas have many abandoned houses and small buildings. There are abandoned factories and the surrounding towns are dying. (It appears that environmental concerns and wages have led many businesses to go elswhere.) The coastal areas that depend on tourists are in better shape.
Our GA motorhome park is on "Old Still Road" and it looks like an area were there could be an old still. We are near a scenic drive on the coast from here to Savannah. We visited Jekyll
Island which was originally built up with "cottages" owned by the very rich around the early 1900s. There are still some of the buildings that are being used as art centers and libraries, etc. There are some fine old hotels and the whole place is historic and quite charming.
Now that we are out of Florida we have some random impressions that we will share!
1. It is very flat! The "Terrace Hill Apartments" are at an elevation of 12 feet!
2. Everything is very green. Lots of palm trees, pine trees, low green shrubs, etc. However, there has not been as many flowers as we thought we would see. We are told it is hard to maintain them in the hot summers so most homeowners don't bother. There is a dark pink azalea that is in bloom now and is quite spectacular.
3. There is a definite difference in "class" in the motorhome parks. The price of the park or the quality of the surrounding area is not necessarily a clue to the class of the park. We really can't tell ahead of time when we are making advance reservations. We stayed in about 7 Florida parks and saw quite a variation. The worst park had lots of aging ladies with various tatoos - not a good thing! However, people were friendly everywhere once we said hello to them, and we have been generally pleased with most parks.
4. There is a lot of housing and property for sale. Probably due to the hurricanes and the fact that many insurance companies are trying to leave the area. Should you want to move here, you could do so for very little!
5. Things in general are low priced here. Groceries, restaurants, clothes and things at Home Depot seem to all be less.
6. The mild weather we have had has been very enjoyable. Swimming, bike riding and visiting the beach is very nice. (Although we have been surprised at the lack of actual bike trails. The flat terraine does make biking easy in areas away from traffic!)
The rural GA areas have many abandoned houses and small buildings. There are abandoned factories and the surrounding towns are dying. (It appears that environmental concerns and wages have led many businesses to go elswhere.) The coastal areas that depend on tourists are in better shape.
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