[FLCowboy,]

Check out Hi by lands Ridge in Avon Park, it is a golf community with two great courses. Sebring (home of the 12 hours of Sebring road race) is 3 miles away.

[Islander7]

I currently live in Sebring and was going to suggest you check out this area. We are 1 1/2 hours from: Disney World, Tampa - St Pete, an hour from Port Charlotte - Punta Gorda, Sarasota and 3 hours from the keys. We're an hour from Lake Okeechobee with world class bass fishing.

Sebring is a great little town with little crime, lots of churches and solid conservative citizens. Lots and lots of golf courses in the area. We have an active little theater with quite good acting, South Florida State College is just up the road in Avon Park. The preforming arts center there has regular concerts. Wildstein Center

I'm a native of Mississippi, so the heat is not much of a problem to me, is actually not as bad a MS summer, just lasts longer. Would be the same as the DC area.

This is the official website: Sebring

The banner photo of the city pier at sunset is one of mine.

Sebring, Florida Looking southwest from a commercial airliner. Lake Jackson, Lake Sebring, Dinner Lake