North Carolina

[jebartle]

Keep noticing more and more posts from NC and was wondering if anyone is from the area around Morganton....I tell my Village friends that people in NC have not found the Villages because they already think they are in heaven...Beautiful place to VISIT, now I'm REALLY in heaven!

[schotzyb]

We are from Shelby, NC which is not that far from Morganton. Used to venture up that way to eat sometimes. I think there was a Steak and Ale there that had the best salad bar I have ever tried.

[obxgal]

Lived 12 years in Kitty Hawk. Only thing I miss is the ocean. ;o)

[cappyjon431]

We enjoyed living in Wilmington, NC, but it was too cold for me. After growing up in Miami and living in the Caribbean for a good part of my life, winters in Wimington were very difficult for me to adjust to--even though we rarely got snow. While I know it gets cold in TV in the winter, it does not get AS cold for AS long.

[jebartle]

One the wonderful things about Wilmington was the beautiful cobble street down near the water with the cute shops...We didn't get that far east except during our yearly pilgrimage to Myrtle for new years golf outing. Thank you for responding...




We enjoyed living in Wilmington, NC, but it was too cold for me. After growing up in Miami and living in the Caribbean for a good part of my life, winters in Wimington were very difficult for me to adjust to--even though we rarely got snow. While I know it gets cold in TV in the winter, it does not get AS cold for AS long.

[jebartle]

The Outerbanks are sooooo beautiful with the natural landscape and of course you had claim to the Wright Brothers famed flight (I know some Ohio'ns like to claim that factoid) We would get snow in Morganton but like you said, I don't miss it! BUT sure love to follow "Tarheel Basketball" especially when they are winners!...giggle.



Lived 12 years in Kitty Hawk. Only thing I miss is the ocean. ;o)

[jebartle]

but now that I think about it, the Steak n ale was in Hickory, Little ole Morganton residents always made the 20 minute trip to Hickory to enjoy dining out....There was the Stone House Restaurant, could that be the one?


We are from Shelby, NC which is not that far from Morganton. Used to venture up that way to eat sometimes. I think there was a Steak and Ale there that had the best salad bar I have ever tried.

[ariel]

We're in Salisbury - about 45 minutes east of Charlotte. I grew up in South Carolina and we came here from Virginia. I like many things about all of the areas we have lived - good friends and family and can always visit! So I don't think I will miss it when we move to TV. Just hoping to sell the house by this time next year. Real estate market around Charlotte area is not very good right now.

[jebartle]

Some good news, just read that Charlotte/Salisbury area is one of the best for jobs and those people need homes, so will keep my fingers crossed so that you can come live in paradise real soooon!



We're in Salisbury - about 45 minutes east of Charlotte. I grew up in South Carolina and we came here from Virginia. I like many things about all of the areas we have lived - good friends and family and can always visit! So I don't think I will miss it when we move to TV. Just hoping to sell the house by this time next year. Real estate market around Charlotte area is not very good right now.

[coach]

We are from Gastonia and know Shelby & Morganton very well. NC is a wonderful and beautiful state but there is nothing like TV in NC.

We were snowflakes for nearly six years and finally retired in Dec. 2010. This is the greatest.

[Chief29]

:posting:I lived in Concord for over 25 years. Left when my wife died in 2005. Moved to Ohio and then moved to TV in 2010. I would like to see a NC Club start up.

[jebartle]

Concord - a great town....I know you are happy with your move to the Villages....I've said this b4 but I feel like I've won the lottery..



I live in Concord for over 25 years. Left their after my wife died in 2005. Moved to Ohio then moved to TV 2010.

[ariel]

A NC club is a great idea. My husband is originally from Ohio, so we are looking forward to the Ohio clubs as well.

[getdul981]

I lived at Ft. Bragg for about 6 weeks about 40 some years ago. Some of the worst weeks of my life.

[Jim Straz]

:posting:I lived in Concord for over 25 years. Left when my wife died in 2005. Moved to Ohio and then moved to TV in 2010. I would like to see a NC Club start up.
I'll join a NC Club if there's one started when I get there. Eleven years on the Coast of NC at Cape Carteret, and now five years in the most Western city in NC, Murphy. The Western Mountains are beautiful and the "Leaf" Season spectacular.

I can make someone a good deal on a Mountain Chalet.

[jebartle]

which includes North and South Carolina, so now we have a place to meet and greet and talk BASKETBALL, Tarheel that is....giggle....

[designdiva46]

There is a Carolina Club that meets once a month, I think at Churchill rec center, check your rec news for details. It is a good club that has an eastern NC BBQ once a year.

[schotzyb]

Love Roy Williams and them Heels!!!!!!!!!!

[GatorFan]

My Aunt and Uncle lived in Gastonia. Loved visiting them. My Mom was born and raised in Cherryville.

[Scott8147]

We will be moving from NC to TV next summer (to Sanibel). Lived in NC all my life but can't wait to spend the rest of it in TV. Will miss the beaches and the NC Tarheels, but at least they're on tv.

[jebartle]

Played some wonderful golf courses in NC....Course we lived on in Morganton was Mimosa Hills (Donald Ross - was very busy in Carolinas)...Played Biltmore Forest, Asheville CC, Pinehurst #2, Pine Needles, Hickory CC, Champion Hills, the Cliffs, Grandfather Mountain to name a few....Any NC golfers out there?

[schotzyb]

Drove up by the Cliffs several times. Never made it up the steep hill to the course. Hear there are some big name celebrities that have homes there, Tom Glavine and Dottie Pepper are two names I heard.

[Linwood]

As a life long Tar Heel I a retiring next week from UNC- Chapel Hill, and we'll be moving to our home in Hadley - probably by October,

Now if ya'll want to start a NC club, I could bring my pig cooker so we can start NC BBQ appreciation , maybe our northern neighbors could agree to be the judges, anyone got their own sauce recipe?
of course you do realize the only bad NC BBQ is that BBQ you can not get upon your plate when you are hungry,
:)

Whoo!, we get to be full time, no more 4 day weekends and a long drive to have fun!
I am giving up my Dean Dome seats to move,

[schotzyb]

Played some wonderful golf courses in NC....Course we lived on in Morganton was Mimosa Hills (Donald Ross - was very busy in Carolinas)...Played Biltmore Forest, Asheville CC, Pinehurst #2, Pine Needles, Hickory CC, Champion Hills, the Cliffs, Grandfather Mountain to name a few....Any NC golfers out there?

Have you ever stayed and played golf at The Grove Park Inn in Ashville. The company I worked for used to take us there once a year for planning meetings for the upcoming year. Beautiful Hotel and golf course.

[jebartle]

Also a Donald Ross course, he was a busy man in NC....The Hotel is so charming with their GIANT fireplace and unique rooms with the bathtubs with claw feet.....Love Asheville an artsy town.... Ashville CC is real close to Grove Park and also a wonderful golf course....I was trying to remember the golf course off of I-40 that was a Par 6 on one of the holes....Do you remember the name of that course?




Have you ever stayed and played golf at The Grove Park Inn in Ashville. The company I worked for used to take us there once a year for planning meetings for the upcoming year. Beautiful Hotel and golf course.

[schotzyb]

Also a Donald Ross course, he was a busy man in NC....The Hotel is so charming with their GIANT fireplace and unique rooms with the bathtubs with claw feet.....Love Asheville an artsy town.... Ashville CC is real close to Grove Park and also a wonderful golf course....I was trying to remember the golf course off of I-40 that was a Par 6 on one of the holes....Do you remember the name of that course?

I know of the course you are speaking of but I can't recall the name. There is a course in Cleveland County (in between Shelby and Kings Mountain) called Woodbridge Country Club. Use to be a very nice course with a superb layout but the owners neglected it and it was not very nice when I moved from there 3 years ago. But it did have a Par 5 on it that from the back T listed at 640+ yards. Was 90 degree dogleg left with your T shot needing to go ~225 yards to clear the dogleg. Then about 300 yards down the fairway was a big lake. It took 3 very good shots to reach this green and I was extremely happy with double bogie

[jebartle]

I thought all of you wonderful NC lovers stayed there....

Gatorfan: Since your Mom was raised in Cherryville, would she remember Ann Starnes, she lived in Morganton and was an avid golfer but was also raised in Cherryville..

Linwood: When we moved to NC (husband opened practice for 27 years in Morganton), we were told you couldn't live in state unless you were a Tar Heel fan, so we have been following them to this day. The guy that owns Oakwood BBQ here must be from Carolina, because they make some mighty fine BBQ...

Schotzyb: Played Woodbury CC, sorry to hear about condition, a nice course but very challenging, like you said...Didn't know Dottie P was a member of the Cliffs (I believe there are three Cliffs now, do you know which one?..I just remembered the name of the course with the Par 6, Black Mountain!...good, now maybe I can sleep...tee hee

Designdiva: Thanks for update on Carolina Club

Scott8147: Welcome to paradise, you will just love this place, and the beaches are just an hour away...I'm surprised we haven't heard from the Dukies, Deacons and the Wolfpack (I promise not to hold it against you)...A lot of great colleges in NC

[SCULLY]

We have lived in Wilson, N.C. , with future plan to live in TV. I can tell you about great places to eat. First, we have the BEST BBQ in the world. We Have a place called Parker's BBQ and
another one called Bill's BBQ. The other place to go especially if you are a steak lover, is a place called THE BEEFMASTER. By far,,,,absolutely the best steak you will eat. No menu, you get a rib-eye sized at the table, baked potatoe and salad to die for. I will put those three place against any place in the world. I own a retail shipping store and I ship lots of BBQ all over the USA, on a weekly basic, especially to Florida. If you want the best BBQ, call Parker's in Wilson, N.C. and they will give you my shipping store #.

[Sanbo]

I have only been in The Villages since May. I am from Statesville, NC and also had a small beach cottage in Carolina Beach, NC, which is 13 miles from Wilmington, NC. Statesville is only about an hours drive going up Interstate 40. I used to do some volunteer work at the Western Carolina Center in Morganton. I also have relatives that live in Morganton. Love NC but love Florida even more. I know I am not going to miss the winters!!!

[TidalWalkers]

We have just moved last week from Wilmington to TV. We loved the beach and city of Wilmington but are so happy to be here in TV. This is just such a great lifestyle. Don will miss the flounder fishing....and I'll miss the great dinners we had on his catch of the day!!

[gomoho]

We also moved from Wilmington NC last June 2012. Not our home, but spent 4 years there in transition. Tonight we are spending our last night in a cabin in Burnsville (about 40 miles north of Asheville). 3 weeks plus of Carolina blue skies, mountain air and cooler temperatures were just the ticket after the beastly heat this summer. Looking forward to coming back to The Villages and what is now home, but I sure do love these mountains.

[casita37]

We enjoyed living in Wilmington, NC, but it was too cold for me. After growing up in Miami and living in the Caribbean for a good part of my life, winters in Wimington were very difficult for me to adjust to--even though we rarely got snow. While I know it gets cold in TV in the winter, it does not get AS cold for AS long.

Where/when were you in the Caribbean? I grew up on the coast of NC and later spent 17 years in the Caribbean, just prior to TV. We were in the Virgin Islands, 12 years on St. Thomas and 5 years on St. Croix. The first 10 years on STT we lived aboard our sailboat and spent some time "down island".

[RETIREDSFW]

Scully is right--- parker's bbq in wilson is the best. Lived in wilson, nc for 40 years until husband died & then moved to the villages to be near family. Always stop at parker's just to bring bbq back to florida. They make the best.

[CaptJohn]

Tonight we are spending our last night in a cabin in Burnsville (about 40 miles north of Asheville).

Tell me about those cabins. I'm heading that way in a couple of months. Sounds nice.

[LuvlyJubly]

I was born in Smithfield, NC but lived mainly in Garner & Cary before moving to the UK many years ago. Smithfield's Chicken & BBQ was my favourite and I truly miss is it!! Duke is our team (basketball only) GO DUKE!

[dotti105]

My hubby was born just outside of Charlotte. We have family in Asheville, Rutherfordton, Hendersonville. We lived in Banner Elk for several years and 3 of our kids were born in NC. 1 in Sylva and the other 2 in Boone.
We do love the state. A great getaway for the hot humid summers in Florida for sure!

[wendyquat]

[QUOTE=SCULLY;498454]We have lived in Wilson, N.C. , with future plan to live in TV. I can tell you about great places to eat. First, we have the BEST BBQ in the world. We Have a place called Parker's BBQ and
another one called Bill's BBQ. The other place to go especially if you are a steak lover, is a place called THE BEEFMASTER. By far,,,,absolutely the best steak you will eat. No menu, you get a rib-eye sized at the table, baked potatoe and salad to die for. I will put those three place against any place in the world. I own a retail shipping store and I ship lots of BBQ all over the USA, on a weekly basic, especially to Florida. If you want the best BBQ, call Parker's in Wilson, N.C. and they will give you my shipping store #.[/QUOTE

Beefmaster still there! I think we ate there 35 years ago but I remember it being very good.

We lived in Eastern NC (Ahoskie) for 40 years! Luckily I miss NOTHING about it except for friends.

[Villager Dude]

A NC club is a great idea. My husband is originally from Ohio, so we are looking forward to the Ohio clubs as well.

There is a Carolinas Club .

I am cooling in at Snowshoe, WV and will be returning to TV on Sept 20. Have been here since July 20th. The warmest is has been for 8 weeks is 73 degrees.

I lived in Rocky Mount for 7 years and Winston Salem for 10 years. North Carolinians are awesome.

[Sanbo]

We are on Rainsong Ave in the Village of Pinellas. If we can be of help, just give me a post!

[Sanbo]

Lived in the Statesville, NC area and had small place at Carolina Beach, NC (13 miles from Wilmington, NC.) Now live in TV and love it. NC is a beautiful state, but it does get some cold weather and the older I get, the less I like cold weather. The Villages is ideal for me.

[GatorFan]

My Mom was born and raised in a Cherryville. My Aunt Shirley and Uncle Alvin lived in Gastonia. Spent many summers there. My cousins wife Annette still lives there.

[dsned]

Lived in Flat Rock for 15 yrs, daughter grew up there, beautiful country, still miss it sometimes.