Hey, Floridian, mma75, and Lady Di. Have connections to all of you but even while there, my summer vacation was always spent at dear old Winni. Born and brought up in NH then Mass., went to Univ of Vermont, worked in Conn. (a New Englander through and through) but then was work transferred to Tampa, Florida (took trips to Mount Dora which if I remember, Lady Di, is characterized as the New England of Florida or something). Then, our company consolidated its offices into downtown Orlando and finally Lake Mary. Not too enthralled with lakes down there - you'd shine a light out into the water at night and pick up alligator eyes peering at you! My personal favorite was taking a trip in the daylight on a pontoon boat up the St. John's River in Fl., anchoring to cook hot dogs on the barbecue on the boat, and eating them, in full view of an alligator watching some 25 feet away! A little disconcerting! Came back every summer at first to the ocean (Wells, Maine) then from 1982 on, vacationed at Winni every year, till I moved here permanently in 2002. Needless to say, Fla. was interesting to live in for a few years but New England was always my one true love and it's great being back home where I belong! Isn't there a song in there somewhere?
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