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Originally Posted by Wolfeboro Matt
Hiya Lady Di,...too many posts in a thread these days are multiples of the "me too" line of thought.
I think its interesting to note the seemingly high number of people in Florida that have a connection, or used to live up here. I seem to recall an informal thread on the old board about where users of this forum lived, but it'd be neat to have a poll asking such.
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LD -- we've "talked" before...
I'd stay all year on Winnipesaukee, but my camp is not insulated. So for a few months a year, I head for a Florida lake one hour south of WDW, and just eight miles from the Sebring International Raceway. Eight miles is close enough so I can hear what race groups are running (and can go home for lunch when instructing), but far enough so I don't
have to hear.
The biggest boats on my lake [a very
round lake] race along the shoreline for about five minutes, race around the other direction, then head for the boat lift. Pontoon boats are the boat of choice for most there. Weekends bring out the Jet-Skis. It's so quiet during the week, I'm actually glad to see them! (If the wind is right, that is).
Largemouth bass fishing is excellent, with 12-pounders occasionally making the local paper. You do have to sail around the occasional alligator
-- who aren't "afraid" of sailboats. Heck, you have to sail around the occasional monster turtle! (There'd be even more of these monster turtles, but the powerboaters "take them out").
I see/hear bald eagles and sandhill cranes every day
, and the resident osprey perches (and snacks) on the top of my sailboat's mast.
My other Florida lakefront property I rent out seasonally to Winnipesaukee folks
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