Boating areas to retire
07-04-2013, 07:13 AM
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Hell, I'd give Tarantino the script outline- you, in the tackiest Hawaiian shirt known to mankind,
with nuclear-sized beer belly kicked back in a cheap plastic bar chair with rusty legs...
in front of a building of questionable repair and repute with mismatched paint...
Cigar in one hand, Pabst in the other... leering at the twinkies and cursing the chickens.
Perfect match. Do it.
07-04-2013, 08:09 AM
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It's funny, lots of people kept telling us how warm it was in Florida, well last Summer at LOTO we had six weeks straight of almost 100 degree weather with the humidity in the 90%, it doesn't get any hotter than the midwest and the winters are miserable, ...........I thought this thread was where would you RETIRE, we've been here in the Cape since last October and have never had to look for something to do, there's either something going on here at the Cape, on Ft. Myers Beach, Marco Island, Sarasota, Naples, Punta Gorda.....................all these places are less than a hour boat or car ride, crap we can drive to Tampa or Miami in two hours.
It's less than a six hour drive to KW or we can take the Key West Express, do I need to keep going, I'm thrilled you guys love the North, but I lived in the midwest for 57 years and I'm going to finish out what's left down here in Florida........oh, did I mention I can go out back and jump in the pool anytime of the year, yes, even in January and February, we live on the ICW and we love living by Rumruners, it's our hangout, it's great to be able to jump in our boat and fly out to the GULF OF MEXICO anytime we want.....................have fun everybody.
It's less than a six hour drive to KW or we can take the Key West Express, do I need to keep going, I'm thrilled you guys love the North, but I lived in the midwest for 57 years and I'm going to finish out what's left down here in Florida........oh, did I mention I can go out back and jump in the pool anytime of the year, yes, even in January and February, we live on the ICW and we love living by Rumruners, it's our hangout, it's great to be able to jump in our boat and fly out to the GULF OF MEXICO anytime we want.....................have fun everybody.
07-04-2013, 10:37 AM
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Florida is hot, flat,,,,,,,,,, no one wants to come here. Just stay up north, it's MUCH better,,,,,,,,,,
07-04-2013, 02:33 PM
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My favorites would be down in the valley around Harlingen near Port Isabel or a little more north near Port Mansfield.
Google Laguna Madre for pic's of some great water protected by South Padre Island.
Coming up the coast- Padre Island or Corpus Christi, Rockport, Port O'Conner, Palacios, Matagorda, Sargent, Freeport/Lake Jackson, Galveston Island, and Bolivar Peninsula..
Our people are very friendly and your dollar goes much further on the cost of living than most states in our nation.
One drawback like all the Gulf Coast ports and near coast cities is our chance of hurricanes.
See ya,
Kelly
07-04-2013, 02:58 PM
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I have been looking at buying property in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. American lifestyle, taxes, law, passport + easy boating to all the Caribbean Islands. Not a full time thing but 4-5 months a year I think.
07-04-2013, 05:12 PM
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07-04-2013, 06:58 PM
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It's funny, lots of people kept telling us how warm it was in Florida, well last Summer at LOTO we had six weeks straight of almost 100 degree weather with the humidity in the 90%, it doesn't get any hotter than the midwest and the winters are miserable, ...........I thought this thread was where would you RETIRE, we've been here in the Cape since last October and have never had to look for something to do, there's either something going on here at the Cape, on Ft. Myers Beach, Marco Island, Sarasota, Naples, Punta Gorda.....................all these places are less than a hour boat or car ride, crap we can drive to Tampa or Miami in two hours.
It's less than a six hour drive to KW or we can take the Key West Express, do I need to keep going, I'm thrilled you guys love the North, but I lived in the midwest for 57 years and I'm going to finish out what's left down here in Florida........oh, did I mention I can go out back and jump in the pool anytime of the year, yes, even in January and February, we live on the ICW and we love living by Rumruners, it's our hangout, it's great to be able to jump in our boat and fly out to the GULF OF MEXICO anytime we want.....................have fun everybody.
It's less than a six hour drive to KW or we can take the Key West Express, do I need to keep going, I'm thrilled you guys love the North, but I lived in the midwest for 57 years and I'm going to finish out what's left down here in Florida........oh, did I mention I can go out back and jump in the pool anytime of the year, yes, even in January and February, we live on the ICW and we love living by Rumruners, it's our hangout, it's great to be able to jump in our boat and fly out to the GULF OF MEXICO anytime we want.....................have fun everybody.
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07-05-2013, 08:23 AM
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I can vouch for Lake Norman, NC. Charlotte/Mooresville are awesome cities that haven't gotten too large (yet), good climate, just all around the best lake environment I've ever seen with great restaurants, clean water, and your also not far away from the mountains, the ocean, and more. You can't beat NC for the diversity of things to do and someday I hope to move back there!
