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Heads Carolina, Tails Arizona

My family and I took a vacation to AZ. Here’s the video, put to the song “Heads Carolina, Tails California” by Jo Dee Messina.

Coastal Communities In South Carolina: Its Time You Found Yours

The South Carolina coastal community is a storehouse to a wealth of historical memories and areas to fit any personality.

Heaven for certain people is the Brays Island community, which is in the vicinity of Beaufort. Out of the five and a half thousand acres, 3,500 acres is a nature and hunting preserve and there are 325 residences on the remaining two thousand acres. It is unequalled for hunting deer, dove, quail, duck, pheasant and turkey accompanied by skeet and clay shooting along with trained dogs. With 100 acres of paddocks, 60 miles of trails, fresh and saltwater ponds for fishing, crabbing, and shrimping. A boat storage, ramp and dock for access to the Intracoastal Waterway, 18-hole golf course, pools, 2 Har-Tru tennis courts, a gym, a hotel for guests, a clubhouse and a restaurant. Houses cost upward of about $ 750,000, and the annual charges are about $22K.

Also in the vicinity of Beaufort, visit Bull Point. This reasonably priced community is designed around nature and conservation, with preparations for only 285 homes on the 700 acres it occupies. There is a naturalist on staff and nature trails, a bird sanctuary and 15 acre Lake Bellanger, a beach, three docks for kayaking or canoeing, a 25 meter pool, and Jacuzzi and fitness center, library, boardwalk, a private Magnolia Island and a seven thousand three hundred square foot waterfront clubhouse for programs.

Up north is Daniel Island: forty four hundred acres situated only eight miles from the Charleston airport. It has approximately 4,000 residents in single family homes, town homes, condos, businesses and a corporate park. The community is well-known its tree lined avenues, small town atmosphere and Family Circus Tennis Center, which seats 10,000 persons, operates tennis lessons, clinics and tournaments. Additional facilities consist of a country club, restaurant, 2 golf courses, gym and pool, various docks for crab, shrimp, and fish fishing and boating. This community is one of the finest locations for seasonal retirement and resettlement with the family.

It appears appropriate that on Pawleys Island and its “arrogantly shabby” way of life, you’d find coastal Heritage Plantation which demonstrates what a cluster of 350 homes on 1,000 acres sharing the same land can accomplish. It is around seven miles to Georgetown, and forty to Myrtle Beach International Airport. Their website seems more like a community scrapbook, rather than a property site. With 8 tennis courts, 18-hole golf course, designed by Larry Young, driving range, fishing, marina, boat ramp, pool, spa, fitness room, two clubhouses, the affordable price of houses and the minimal homeowners fee of seven hundred dollars annually see to it that it is a very reasonably priced community.

Grande Dunes is one of the best places in the Myrtle Beach area. It caters to holidaymakers, and also to long-standing residents. With a Marriott Resort and spa on hand it is suitable for out of town guests. There are ten Har-Tru tennis courts, a pro-shop, pool, fitness center, and two golf courses, one with a caddy program. With real estate on each flank of the Intracoastal Waterway and along the coast there is a 130 slip marina, a marina village and inn, two clubhouses, Golf Members Club, bar, library and a couple of restaurants.

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North Carolina Coastal Communities: Finding Yours

From the Outer Banks in the north to Wilmington in the south, there are many inexpensive coastal communities for retirement or relocation in North Carolina. A number of these communities present vigorous lifestyles for retirement and relocation in a safe, welcoming, affordable community with plenty of facilities.

Albemarle Plantation is close to Edenton North Carolina, off the Albemarle Sound. Consisting of 1,600 acres, this coastal community has a full service deep water marina, 212 slips, access to the Intracoastal Waterway, country club casual restaurant, 25 meter pool, 12,000 square foot clubhouse, tennis courts, fitness centre, walking and biking trails and craft, yacht and card clubs. You’ll find the 18-hole golf course, planned by Dan Maples spectacular.

Only approachable by a twenty-minute boat ride from Southport across Cape Fear River is Bald Head Island. Here, you’ll commune on the 1,200 acres of the costal community on public trams and electric carts, have a round of golf on the course planned by George Cobb or have a game of tennis. It has a full marina harbor on 10 acres, a 1,500 square foot gym and a 10,000 square foot Shoals Club with porches, decks, dining and banquet rooms and programs that include fishing and croquet tournaments, Fourth of July and New Year’s celebrations. The peace and quiet is matchless and ideal for retired people or those who want to relocate.

Located near Wilmington North Carolina, is the Waterford of the Carolinas community with seven miles of linked lakes and canals meandering through 600 landscaped acres. Activities encompass pool, clubhouse and media room, kayaking, billiards, ballroom, tennis, walking and biking paths. Waterford of the Carolinas is very affordable coastal living for retired people on any budget.

In Sunset Beach on the South Carolina border is Sea Trail, nearly equidistant from Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, North Carolina. A coastal community catering to sightseers and short-term residents, the 2,000 acres are made up of one thousand five hundred residences including golf villas – ideal for investment – with its managed renters program or inexpensive seasonal retirement. The community has an activity center with volleyball, croquet, badminton, children’s room with movies, crafts, board games, free shuttle service to the beach, two residents only swim and fitness centers, exercise equipment, classes and indoor pools, three golf courses designed by Dan Maples, Rees Jones and Willard Byrd, a driving range, tennis courts, putting green, walking and biking trails, spa services and golf league.

Coastal New Bern, North Carolina has progressively been gaining popularity. Nearly 5 miles south of New Bern on route 70 is the Carolina Colours community. There is a golf course, designed by William R. Love, access to the Pamlico Sound, a lake for fishing and rowing, 4 tennis courts, a clubhouse, a 6,000 square foot gym with classes, 2 pools, meeting facilities, and a dining room and banquet hall. From the out-of-the way communities to simple access to big cities such as Wilmington, North Carolina, reasonably priced coastal communities have it all!

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