Boone
 

A bunch of my old tennis buddies hang out around Boone, N.C., in the summer and have wonderful tennis weather. Hound Ears and Yonahlossee come to mind.

Check out Indiana, Pa. Nice quiet rural area, a small College Town ( IUP ) . Summers aren’t real hot.

Have you thought about a Chautauqua environment? We retire in December and will split our time between the Villages and Lakeside Chautauqua on Lake Erie. There is also the Chautauqua in New York, plus a few more.

Chautauquas are built on four pillars: educational, recreation, the arts, and religion. Lakeside represents many different religions, or you can ignore it totally. There are planned activities in each of these areas every day and live entertainment at night. We love it. It is multi-generational with separate programming for different ages.

I know there are several others who do this because my husband plays pickleball with some of the same people at both places.

Check out the websites. I’m sure you can Google the New York Chautauqua. The one we have our cottage at is Lakeside Ohio '-' Rest, Renewal, Growth, and Reconnection.

Some words of advice, if you feel strongly about spending the summers up north, rent for a couple years first and be sure it’s what you are hoping for before making a significant financial commitment. The more time I spend in the Villages, the more I want to become a frog. After spending extended winters in the Villages, I find I enjoy returning to the north less and less each year. The north is a young persons world and us old timers are an afterthought. In the Villages, the world revolves around us (quality health care being the big exception). This summer it was as hot or hotter than the Village’s for at least a couple weeks, without the comfort of central air, our own private pool, and cruising around in a golf cart with the windshield down and a breeze in our faces. Then there are the mayflies, horseflies, mosquitoes, and frigging ticks. And my friends and family members that I want to see all would rather travel to Florida and visit in the Villages. We do love the beaches at Cape Cod, Road Island, and Maine, so there is that, but we could rent for a week or two at each place and make an annual trip to scratch that itch. The best thing the north still has going for it is that we can get very good midweek senior citizen golfing rates and the availability of top notch world class health care. Other than that, give me the Village’s.

CT is beautiful in the summer. August is the only month that gets like Fl. weather.
It is very expensive though.

Iceland

Absolutely. After 6 Winter months in The Villages, I can't wait to get back to CT to experience Spring, Summer and Fall. Happy to be a snowbird!