the Villages northern state? where do u go to escape heat?
 

I believe there is no other place like our piece of heaven here! However , I am looking for a place to go next summer to escape our hot temps here. Has anyone found a place that we can keep busy, and enjoy cooler weather for a few weeks next summer. We are not golfers so that is no a need. We just want to find things to do, not set in cabin in the wood, it just is not our thing.

Right now I am in Newport Beach, CA. For the next week the lows are forecast to be running about 65 degrees F, the highs about 81. I do not even have air conditioning in my 1962 house which is near the beach. I use a fan a few days a year. Few bugs, too. I can leave the doors open for ventilation. Come on over!

I am in Snowshoe Mountain, WV .

High low 70's

Low around 50-55 . Windows open

Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort - Official Website - Snowshoe, West Virginia

I have some contacts if you want long term rentals.

If you send me your phone number by private message I will call you and gve you a run down ofthe area.

We are now in Marblehead MA on the coast about 15 miles north of Boston. Bus transport every 30 minutes into Boston, Logan Airport. Local visits to Salem, Newburyport, Rockport, Portsmouth NH and longer to the Mountains of NH (3 Hrs), Cape Cod (2 Hrs), Maine (3 Hrs). They have a great YMCA that we join for the month for $100 for the both of us and go there most mornings. We walk to the harbor, beach and restaurants. We used to live here and now spend every July here. Temperature is moderated by the ocean. Ocean temp about 64 degrees. A great place to escape to in the summer. It is a residential community and not a tourist trap.

I housewatch for a couple who go to Hendersonville, NC every summer. Just south of Asheville.

Chesapeake Bay in the great rural Northern Neck of Virginia. One of the most beautiful places in the world!

Gorgeous spot
 

For anyone desiring a month long, or more, road trip........I was going to suggest a leisurely tour of the Massachusetts coast (to include Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket)........your area for sure........Salem for sure, for its history.......and then up to coastal Maine via coastal New Hampshire. Rye New Hampshire coastline is gorgeous. Continue up to Nubble Lighthouse in York Beach Maine.......Kennebunkport Maine, Ogunquit Maine....Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Camden Maine, Bar Harbor Maine, Eastport Maine............up to Calais where you cross over the border into New Brunswick Canada. Up to Bay of Fundy......on to Nova Scotia, to P.E.I., Cape Breton...

Take all the coastal roads if you want to see anything.

Don't miss the Canadian Maritimes.....see the Bay of Fundy, Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island..........all of this cold New England ocean water/Canadian water.....will be very refreshing.

Also, we have wonderful memories of the friendly Canadians........all of them, that we met in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, etc........Cape Breton. Must see Cape Breton. Take your time to soak in all of this beauty.............and cool refreshing air.

But first see Marblehead for sure.......Rockport, etc. If you like crafts, this is the area artists flock to.

Some people choose to fly into Boston.......rent a car for the northern leg of the trip up to Canada. Have fun.

P.S.Think ahead to make your ferry reservations to Martha's Vineyard & also to Nantucket......car ferries.

I would like to spend a couple months ( July and Aug) in a cottage that is on a lake or a river and north enough that there are no gators. We don't want to travel too far north...maybe NC or Tennessee.

Claremont, NH
 

This is a great place to escape the heat. 80 daytime, 60 overnight. No humidity. However, we long to be back in the Villages. Put our home on the market with the relocation program in the Villages. We love the program. But believe it or not we're COLD here. I think we have Florida blood in us now. hee hee

Interesting thread for the future for me
 

We have spent 8+ months a year in TV since 2007. This is the first summer where we did not have a northern home. It is a strange feeling for sure (for us anyway). We got fortunate in that we were asked to dog/house sit for a family member as they traveled for five weeks. We got stuck doing this on a little island called Martha's Vineyard. We are in this area: Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association | A National Historic Landmark

We told them we would not charge them to do the sitting :a20:

We then got very lucky and found a tiny cottage through September for a reasonable rate. It looks like a studio apartment, NO bedrooms. It will be a great test of a 33 year marriage.

No idea what we do next year as we really got lucky this year. Staying long term on MV without spending a fortune is not a easy task and not in our financial plan.

I like this thread. I may be reaching out to Villager Dude as where he is sounds fun. We also have friends in Prince Edward Island which sounds like a blast.

I am a newbie when it comes to trying to rent long term anywhere, so reading stuff like this is great for me...

I assume you want a destination rather than a road trip?
If you fly into Toronto, Ontario, Canada, you'll find it cooler and tons to do.
If you want less City, there are many fun resorts north of Toronto.
Niagara Falls is a popular tourist destination.

If you want a road trip, a previous poster suggested starting in New England and driving into Canada.
That works if you don't mind a lot of driving. My favorite thing is do is Whale Watching.

I was born and raised in the Canadian Maritimes, so that is heaven to me.
Temperatures there are usually about 20 degrees cooler than Florida.
Prince Edward Island is my favorite.
Also beautiful and picturesque are Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Cabot Trail, and New Brunswick.
If you ever seriously contemplate a vacation, I'd be happy to make some suggestions based on your wish list.

As I read your post it dawned on me my fingers had typed Port St Lucie in my post while my brain was thinking Prince Edward Island :oops:.

All of the places you mention sounds like great adventures for us...

Just as hot as here maybe more !

I second all of these places. Love Nova Scotia, Cabot Trail, New Brunswick. We haven't made it to PEI yet.

Another suggestion: anything along the North Channel or Les Cheneaux (aka The Snows).