moving = painful

[wildchild]

ok so last week I got a fluke opportunity at a great job. in florida. been wanting to move south for sometime but not really seeing it as a reality for a year or two yet. now with this, reality is right now. decided to take the leap, now for the fun. work on the dually has sped up to get it prepared. jeep or other truck will be sold, house goes on the market. finish up my work here, sell other various items, load camper and truck, find campground...........

this will be and exciting couple weeks for sure. if all goes well I will be in Florida next month.

kind of hate to leave behind my house and garage. I built the garage with the help of my son, and have done tons of work to the house, but I have zero interest in another winter in Wisconsin.

will be a trying couple months I'm sure as the girlie will be staying behind to sell the house, and pack the remaining items and what not.

I'll be living in the camper for a while until we get something settled there. haven't even had a chance to camp in the camper. LOL

[OneSickPsycho]

Not sure how bad the roads suck up there, but they really suck down here... I told ONSSP about this and she was like, "OMG does that mean we can have doggie dates and meet that cute bulldog." :lol:

[wildchild]

roads here are unbelievable. we get huge upheavels and potholes because of winter. road construction season is in full swing right now so almost every major highway is tore up.

absolutely the dogs will have to get together. although I am on strict orders that I can not bring bully with me. she can only come down with mom. LOL that's mom's special girl you know.

[marko138]

Congrats. Thats a big move. Your roads sound like PA roads.

[azoomm]

roads here are unbelievable. we get huge upheavels and potholes because of winter. road construction season is in full swing right now so almost every major highway is tore up.

absolutely the dogs will have to get together. although I am on strict orders that I can not bring bully with me. she can only come down with mom. LOL that's mom's special girl you know.

He meant, do they turn. The alphabet roads of Wisconsin are amazing rides, if just because they follow creeks and rivers which normally make them curvy and fun. Florida is a grid pattern, most turns are either freeway exits or drive-thrus.

Congratulations on the job, and good luck with the move!! It's all very exciting!

[buzzcutt2]

What part of FL?

[wildchild]

Orlando. was hoping to get something a little farther south but this is a whole lot closer to my dad's place then Wisconsin and a whole lot warmer as well. LOL

[Particle Man]

Good luck with that! Sounds exciting and scary at the same time.

adventure ftw

[buzzcutt2]

Careful...there are some crazies in Orlando. :whistle:

[wildchild]

Careful...there are some crazies in Orlando. :whistle:

yeah a couple psychos anyway. LOL

[wildchild]

Good luck with that! Sounds exciting and scary at the same time.

adventure ftw

thanks. i used to enjoy jumping now and then this time may be the last big one. it's not as easy as it used to be. LOL hoping it will be fun though and successful

[LeeNetworX]

I've never been to Wis, but I think I'd still rather live there than Florida. :lol

[OneNotSoSickPsycho]

yeah a couple psychos anyway. LOL

:lol:

I can't wait to meet your adorable bully!!!!!!!!

[goof2]

Orlando. was hoping to get something a little farther south but this is a whole lot closer to my dad's place then Wisconsin and a whole lot warmer as well. LOL

Orlando is nice enough as long as you avoid all the fat families there to see the mouse. You won't be far from Daytona and its beaches. Bike Week and Biketoberfest are also worth checking out at least once. Depending on where in Orlando you are going to be you wont be more than a couple hours away from the Clearwater/St. Pete area either.

If you want a cool town with highly rated beaches, a relaxed atmosphere, and main street great for getting hammered drunk check out Siesta Key (not in the Keys) down by Sarasota. There is also St. Armands Circle on the next island. The circle is too trendy for me but if you go just up to City Island (probably less than half a mile) on nice days you can sit out on the deck at The Old Salty Dog and watch some pretty nice boats come in and out of the channel. When the wind is right you can watch some pretty nice boats try to go out the channel, see 8 foot breakers and come right back in.

One of the nice things about Florida is no matter where you are in the state there is supposedly never a beach more than 60 miles away.

[101lifts2]

I've lived in Chicago...been up in Wisconsin hundreds of times..and been to FL about 6-7 times. Both suck...flat ass roads and shitty weather (cold and snowy or rainy hot and humid.).

good luck

[Porkchop]

Congrats. Thats a big move. Your roads sound like PA roads.

I think any road north of the tenessee-ish line will be horrific due to the snow and salt.

If you want a cool town with highly rated beaches, a relaxed atmosphere, and main street great for getting hammered drunk check out Siesta Key (not in the Keys) down by Sarasota. There is also St. Armands Circle on the next island. The circle is too trendy for me but if you go just up to City Island (probably less than half a mile) on nice days you can sit out on the deck at The Old Salty Dog and watch some pretty nice boats come in and out of the channel. When the wind is right you can watch some pretty nice boats try to go out the channel, see 8 foot breakers and come right back in.

Man speaks the troof.... Siesta Key is where its at. Hit up the Daquiri Deck while your there. DECK DEISELS BABY! Sarasota is meh, but Port Charlotte is fun at night. There is a hotel top bar where we have spent a ton of nights looking out over the bridge and harbor. Forget what hotel it is....

[goof2]

I think any road north of the tenessee-ish line will be horrific due to the snow and salt.



Man speaks the troof.... Siesta Key is where its at. Hit up the Daquiri Deck while your there. DECK DEISELS BABY! Sarasota is meh, but Port Charlotte is fun at night. There is a hotel top bar where we have spent a ton of nights looking out over the bridge and harbor. Forget what hotel it is....

SKOB (Siesta Key Oyster Bar) has a nice drink called the Village Idiot too. It is served in a small bucket, has around 20 shots of liquor in it, and you are supposed to have 3 people drinking before you are allowed to order one as well.

[Captain Morgan]

Good luck with the move. I would also like to move somewhere a bit warmer at some point, but am stuck here in Indiana. Our winters aren't near as bad as yours, though. Hope your house sells quickly up there and you can get in on some cheap foreclosure property in Orlando.

[wildchild]

i think the roads in wis are probably much better then florida and definitely less crowded.

lately though, (1 1/2 years) my job has been so chaotic and utterly unstable i will enjoy this move just for the chance to sit on a beach sip a cold one and for at least one day not think my future is in jeapordy.

if i ever doubt the decision to go i have a couple pics of snowbanks over the roof of my jeep LOL

[wildchild]

:lol:

I can't wait to meet your adorable bully!!!!!!!!

hopefully it won't be long before her and the rest of the crew come down. not sure how she will do with the heat. she was overheating today and it was only 70 ish, this could be a challenge, LOL

[OneSickPsycho]

hopefully it won't be long before her and the rest of the crew come down. not sure how she will do with the heat. she was overheating today and it was only 70 ish, this could be a challenge, LOL

Ice cubes... millions of them.