Snowbird dislikes traffic, but that's life in paradise

Traffic slowly crosses the Green Bridge into Bradenton on March 21, 2016,, giving motorist plenty of time to take in the surrounding sights from the Florida Scenic Highway. Florida Department of Transportation held a visioning workshop for the Central Manatee Network Alternatives Analysis on March 31.
GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald — Traffic slowly crosses the Green Bridge into Bradenton on March 21, 2016,, giving motorist plenty of time to take in the surrounding sights from the Florida Scenic Highway. Florida Department of Transportation held a visioning workshop for the Central Manatee Network Alternatives Analysis on March 31. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald gjefferies@bradenton.com

It might make some people happy to know that this week we will be taking one of our cars back to Indiana and locking up the second car, which was purchased here in Bradenton, in our garage for the summer.

We will be back in December in time to pay our non-exempt property taxes; stock up on groceries; shop in the stores; schedule our doctor appointments; call the roofers, plumbers, painters and landscapers, and even use the local hospitals if needed.

We will buy gas, pay tolls, green fees and admission to parks and recreation. Our occasional visitors will do the same.

We don't like the crowded restaurants and traffic backups any more than you do, but that is the way it is when you live in paradise.

Henry Casimer

Bradenton

This story was originally published May 3, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Snowbird dislikes traffic, but that's life in paradise ."

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