....summer winding down

[zegm]

"Now in the winter this place can be boring, boring, boring."

That's just you man.

For me and everyone I hang with, Florida winters open up a whole bunch of activities you can't do in the summer. Winter is like the end of hibernation. Time to get spend time outside open up all the windows in the house, and turn off the a/c.

Build yourself a little campfire place in your back yard and listen to the crickets.

Go hiking in the woods, go camping - get out of the house!

Heat doesn't bother us, we run and or bike during mid-day. Yes our times are slower the air is thinner and it gets hot, but heat doesn't hurt, cold does.
But the ski boat does get put up in November and that is what is sad. Without our boat, our number one hobby the excitement level decreases. You should know you love your boat too. The other boats are broken out, the kayaks and there are 3 of them here and our type of gator hunting (no guns, just looking) begins on creeks and rivers all around this area. And we are never in the house there are always things we do. The kids are on the Panama City Swim Team and are always at practice. Mrs.Z and I are training for a triathlon and bike, swim and run all week long and not during the morning cool hours. Why because we are true southerners and can take the heat, are afraid of cold weather, amazed by a snowflake and much prefer bathing suits to jackets. If you live in Florida and love it here then you know it is shorts, t-shirts and sandals as the normal prefered outfit. And the sound a real Floridian knows is the sound of the Green Tree Frogs all over the back of their house at night. Not Crickets! Those are in the kids TV room, in a jar waiting to be fed to the Bearded Dragon my daughter has. The one next to my sons Ball Python. Yeap Florida pets too!!!

No we won't be in the house, but we won't be on the boat!

PS I also think if you have to be cold then you need to be like above Kentucky so you can have some fun in snow! Those snowmobiles look pretty cool!!! Cross country snow skiing is another one that looks like fun!