Winter Haven, new home of Legoland-Florida is a wonderful place to live.
Because of my spinal cord injury, I used to say to myself that the injury took 10 years off my life.
We moved to Florida from Connecticut and had been here about 6 months when my wife out of the clear blue said, "You know, I think moving here has added 10 years to your life."
She had never heard me say about losing 10 years before, so it came as a shock to hear her say that.
Winter Haven is in the middle of the state. Equi-distant to the Atlantic and the Gulf and the Georgia/Florida border and the Keys.
For Mrs. Theknow's birthday one year, I took her to Vero Beach to watch the sunrise over the Atlantic, walk the beach, have breakfast, return home, take a nap, have lunch and then grab a bottle of wine and go watch the sunset on the beach at St. Petersburg.
Now we are exploring Florida's many biking trails and having great experiences together. BTW - Shark River Valley bike trail in the Everglades is awesome!
Hot? Humid? Sure. But the temperature never gets above 100 like it did in New England and Minnesota when we lived there.
You just learn to not do much between 2 and 5PM. Of course, 3PM there is the daily thunderstorm to cool things off during the summer. But almost no rain from October to May. And every evening, a sea breeze kicks in from either the Atlantic or the Gulf and cools our house.
We do miss seeing the shuttle launches from our backyard. But they still launch other rockets, just not as large.
And last year, we had 361 days where the sun shined on us at sometime during the day.
So happy to hear that you and the Mrs. theknow are happy living in Winter Haven. It is a nice town. I live in Lakeland so we are neighbors so to speak! I loved the story of Mrs. theknow’s birthday celebration. It is so true that this state has so much to offer in things to do and weather. I travel the central Fl. area as a salesrep and can be in Lakeland in the Morning and Sarasota in afternoon. Tampa Bay is my base so I know the roads well. You take care and enjoy your sense of adventure here.