A soul-searching snowbird wonders: should we take our RV down south this winter?

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Shh … don’t tell anyone, but I’m thinking of going south again. And by south I mean the U.S.A.

I can just hear the collective gasps across the country. For over a decade we’ve been happily wintering in the U.S. southwest, meandering around in our motorhome. But this past winter, like many Canadian snowbirds, we put our elbows up and stood our ground, and that was on the cold snow-covered ground here in British Columbia. We’re still buying Canadian and Canadian flags (fast fading in the summer sun) proudly festoon our home.

But now, as temperatures drop, I’m daydreaming about wintering in our old favourite haunts again. This feels a bit like