Michelle's New House
538 Fairways Drive
Titusville, FL 32780
(The Great Outdoors RV, Golf, and Nature Resort)
GPS: 28.513530, -080.859973
Today we closed on a new house. I refer to it as Michelle's house because I have reached the point in my life where all the obligations and nuisances of home ownership far outweigh the benefits. I don't need a house; I don't want a house. A house is the classic example of the statement "You don't own your stuff, your stuff owns you". I'll stop there. So she picked the house on her own – and did a fine job.
We are now homeowners in The Great Outdoors RV, Golf, and Nature Resort. That takes some explaining. In reverse order. Nature. We are very conscious of nature here. While we spray for insects and weeds and bulldoze away habitat for more houses, we dutifully stop our cars on the streets to let turtles cross.
Golf. I'm not a golfer but I am not anti-golf. The golf course winds its way among the houses and contributes greatly to the ambiance of the place. This past year the community purchased the golf course from the private owner. That was a wise move for the benefit of the community – golfers and non-golfers alike.
RV. In terms of housing, that really takes some explaining. Every property here must be able to house an RV. That has created quite a diversity. In one sentence, that requirement is met by pads (with or without buildings), ports (with or without buildings), park models, houses. We have every conceivable configuration of each. Sometime ago I did a blog post on TGO Property, so I won't repeat myself here.
Ours was the typical migration. Our first winter here, we rented a port with a small building. Our second and third winter we rented a pad with a larger building. During our third winter (this winter 2014/2015), Michelle got her house. So the Cougar went ...
from here ...
... to here ...
... to here
Michelle has her house ...
... and the Cougar has a den
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