The news spread fast yesterday that our Florida park has been sold. First thought is, "oh no!", but then we found out that the company who bought it also owns many RV parks around the States so now I'm hoping this means it will continue as a trailer park.
Another spot of good news is that our present inept park manager is being replaced. That can only be good news. I'm anxious to get down there to see what changes are being made.
I know my days are numbered for spending the winter in Florida simply because my age keeps creeping upward every year. I've enjoyed my winters so much and the good friends I've made in Florida that giving it all up one day will be very hard. But all good things come to an end and my only hope is that my wonderful park will live on for many more years.
So many RV or trailer parks have been bought up by developers that the next generation of retirees will have a difficult time finding cheap lodgings for the winter. The market is trashed right now but it will recover and the building will resume once more. It's during that recovery phase that I'll start to worry again.
I'll tell you how much I love my park. During the 21 hours it takes me to drive down to it I like to play my favorite CD by Toby Keith. He sings "I love this bar" while I sing "I love this park". The rest of the song fits in quite well with what we actually have in our park, too.
My husband and I spent our first winter there in 1999, but only for 3 months. We rented again the following year for the same 3 months and then bought our very own trailer before heading home in April. It was one of the best decisions we ever made. Dennis enjoyed 5 more full winters at our trailer before he passed away and I'm heading down in a few weeks to spend another one. We don't have forever but we do have this moment so we have to make the most of it.
I'm leaving on October 26th so if anyone is on the road heading south look for a good ole gal driving along singing her heart out.
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