I spent the weekend in Florida (my oldest sister needed help celebrating a significant birthday & her entire family was most willing to provide assistance). The weather was absolutely beautiful – sunshine, blue skies and puffy, white clouds.

Now you must understand that I was born and raised in Western NY. We have short, hot summers; rainy Spring and Fall seasons; and long, snowy winters. Any weekend days with full sun and temps in the 80’s finds everyone out on the water.

In Florida, I was astonished that although I spent most of the two days by various bodies of water, I saw almost no boats! How could that be?

I guess it is all what you are used to. After all, November, even in Florida, isn’t prime boating weather. The season is in a lull, even if the boats aren’t actually pulled out and put away for the winter. Those of us from the North are always envious of the longer boating season in the South. But perhaps if our weather allowed for a longer season, we would just boat less intensely.

Can someone has lived in both climates explain this to me?