[Craig T]

Originally Posted by seanratpel

Just so you know, from around june to late sept you can fry an egg on your forehead! Half the restaurants on duvall close shop because its too friggin' hot. Can't really hang at outside restaurants and bars when you're on the verge of a stroke. Beautiful place but there's the ungodly heat and bums (well mannered and tanned though everywhere. Even after a month when I was there (2013-14) KW starts to close in on you, remember about 4 miles long 1 mile wide, not enough greenery for me!!

These exact topics come up at the breakfast table this morning. I'm not so worried about heat. Give me a paddle or fishing pole and some sunscreen and I'm happy as an Iguana on the rocks. We'll always keep something here due to my daughter and grandson, even if it's just a small condo, so summers can be spent in Ventura. ...But, We know some people who even went "island crazy" on Maui. After 18 months they couldn't stand it and moved back. I can guess KW would be even worse. I just Google-mapped it, and it's over 2 hours to Miami by car. That is pretty isolated, particularly if few live there full-time. Maybe it'll never be more than a vacation house. We'll see in a few weeks.