Wife and I kicking around looking to relocate to Northeast Florida, Jacksonville area and nearby. Feel we maybe approaching the ideal time to sell and buy. Even though we LOVE our home here in SC, might be ready for a new chapter after 16 years.
We are ready to go look at some communities in Florida. We like the Northeast, easy access to I95, plenty of large lakes and rivers, simple drive here from SC. However one thing just threw a big wrench in things.
We are boaters, just spent the last two days on our 41 miles long lake here in SC. Great time, one day my wife and I, next day my son, daughter in law and grandson, spent hours in the water, carefree of being attacked b y any wild animals in our HUGE lake.
We like the appeal of the Northeast Florida, easy access to inlets to head out into the ocean and a huge river network, Saint Johns River, however we forgot one major detail, seems like the entire area is infested with alligators!!!
Im talking HUGE bodies of water, how would we ever go swimming ect, ect... without thinking about them?? Its so bad now that alligators are getting washed out into the ocean inlets by storms, where locals NEVER used to see them? (alligators are freshwater creatures)
Many attacks, few deaths, and watch out for the family dog going for a swim! Anyway, boy this thought just put a HUGE damper on things in our mind, still thinks we will drive down there in a couple weeks but ...
We are ready to go look at some communities in Florida. We like the Northeast, easy access to I95, plenty of large lakes and rivers, simple drive here from SC. However one thing just threw a big wrench in things.
We are boaters, just spent the last two days on our 41 miles long lake here in SC. Great time, one day my wife and I, next day my son, daughter in law and grandson, spent hours in the water, carefree of being attacked b y any wild animals in our HUGE lake.
We like the appeal of the Northeast Florida, easy access to inlets to head out into the ocean and a huge river network, Saint Johns River, however we forgot one major detail, seems like the entire area is infested with alligators!!!
Im talking HUGE bodies of water, how would we ever go swimming ect, ect... without thinking about them?? Its so bad now that alligators are getting washed out into the ocean inlets by storms, where locals NEVER used to see them? (alligators are freshwater creatures)
Many attacks, few deaths, and watch out for the family dog going for a swim! Anyway, boy this thought just put a HUGE damper on things in our mind, still thinks we will drive down there in a couple weeks but ...