RATING: ♦♦♦♦♦
One of the main reasons we decided to spend the entire winter at Three Flags RV Resort is because of its close proximity to the Villages, which has plenty of shopping and restaurants as well as free live music at the outdoor stages in each of the three village squares. The closest square to our campground is Brownwood Station. Being from the frigid north, there’s something especially magical about listening to music outdoors in our shirtsleeves during the Christmas holidays.
Plus we found a church that we like a lot, Live Oaks Community Church. It’s a fairly new congregation, about five years old, but it’s growing fast. Last year they were meeting at the Wildwood Community Center, but over the summer they moved into their new building a few miles north in Oxford. They have two services on Sunday morning in the auditorium, plus an outdoor drive-in service Sunday afternoon that is especially designed to attract folks in golf carts. It’s been quite successful.