It’s mid December, and this snowbird is about to take flight. I’m taking off earlier this year. Why wait? An adversity to the cold and wanting to avoid the useless waiting in the tundra is reason enough for me to get to warmer climate. My snowbird migration takes several weeks of planning and there’s always lots of preparation to get done.
This fall I’ve been busy with doctors appointments, dentist appointments, vehicle maintenance, house maintenance, yard clean up, winterizing tasks, and resupply tasks that all need to get done before this bird “Dawg” can take flight. Its a lot of work to get ready for a 3 month sojourn, but I’m so glad I can still do it. Here’s my flight route to get to my roosting destination.
Now a days, I take it slow to get to the roost. It will be four days of driving to get to our final destination of Fort Myers Beach. We have a two day stop over in Tampa to get the RV serviced at Lazydays RV. Then we spend 4 days at Siesta Key near Sarasota going thru winter detox – shedding the heavy clothes, learning how to sweat again, sitting on the beach, and watching magnificant sunsets. I really like stopping at Siesta Key to take pause in a beautiful setting, let the blood warm, and get acclimated to the warm Florida climate and sunshine.
In all prior years, we’ve spent some of our winter snowbird time in an RV and some time in a rented condo. This will be the first year we spend most of the winter in a 200 sq ft RV. Hopefully, it works out. If “we” survive the winter, then In March, we (or me) head west to Texas for a few weeks of roadtripping before coming home in early April.
Stay tuned to this blog for regular updates. I plan on taking lots of pictures and torturing my northern friends and relatives with pictures of palm trees and beach scenes.
J. Dawg
