[784caroline]

After having lived most of our adult working life in N Virginia just outside of Washington DC, our goal 5 years from retirement was to get out of the rat race and traffic congestion of N Va where it could take you 1 hour or more to travel 10-15 miles. That said we looked in Williamsburg (friends live there), Hilton Head (loved the low country living and we vacationed here alot), North Carolina (just alot of retirement properties), and finally we never dreamed of living in FLorida (came here on a lark from Hilton head during the summer .. TV was recomneded to us and we were open minded to see what communities had).

WE bought on our first visit..no other community could compare to amenities, the style of house, and to be honest with you when we drove around people just seemed to be having fun it if it was on the square, playing tennis, or this odd game called pickelball, and at the country clubs for lunch/dinner. The 5 day preview package was a great concept allowing us time to see TV and to realize that you were buying more than simply a house but a new retirment lifestyle.