Duffster
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Done deal getting out of California next week and headed to North Carolina for good. Below are some drone shots of Lake Norman that’s in my backyard.
When we lived on the north side of Atlanta, we'd hit Hartwell several times each season. Great lake with lots of privacy. Growing area but it will be years before it gets crowded. We put in at I85 on the GA/SC border. Never a wait of any sort. We headed up river a couple where you could see the Auburn stadiumWelcome to the Carolina's Duffster! we moved from Cali also and moved to Lake Hartwell in Anderson SC. love the fact that you have 1000 miles of shoreline and can party with great people, then boat 15-20 min and find your own private little cove to enjoy if that's what you want to do...Also, nothing like coming home from a day at work, let the lift down, and go for a evening cruise! Enjoy!!
I lived there from 08 to 16. We loved it, and miss some of the things there......
We do not however miss the traffic on 150 or 77.
Was about a 15 mile haul to the ramp with my boat there. Sometimes would take over an hour to get there. Today we have about the same haul to the ramp on our "home" lake, but I do it in less than 20 minutes.
We are a lot happier out in the boonies!
Would like to see that part of the country soon.
The 77 is getting some much needed carpool lanes to make life a little better. But that highway is a walk in the park compared to the 15 and 91 around here during commute times.
Very affordable and I think everyone is a lot more respectful.
I was out on Lake Norman today. You’re going to love it.
We’ve been here two years now and no regrets. So much so that we are now selling our havasu house.
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With all those long winding narrow arms surrounded by slips, don't the wake boats tear up the slips and beat the boats ? Or are most of those no-wake zones ?
Beautiful country that's for sure !!
There are always assholes that get too close to the docks but lots of wide open places if you want to surf.
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I was out on Lake Norman today. You’re going to love it.
We’ve been here two years now and no regrets. So much so that we are now selling our havasu house.
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There's also rednecks with shotguns that will put one across the bow.....OK so there're assholes in NC too ---- check that's certainly an interesting lake Beautiful country as well !!
As opposed to Havasu, where we have both stripers and strippersThere's also rednecks with shotguns that will put one across the bow.....
And many of those lakes are deep and filled with striper
I was out on Lake Norman today. You’re going to love it.
We’ve been here two years now and no regrets. So much so that we are now selling our havasu house.
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Charlotte is a beautiful city, but i do agree, N.C. seems to be turning blue...still nowhere near Cali. We hopefully don't need to worry about it here in SC...were more "red" neck here!We have thought a lot about NC and Lake Norman. My son is stationed at Camp Lejeune.
My biggest worry is Charlotte. It seams to be slowly turning to a blue run state. I have vowed to never again live in a blue state.
There's plenty of room, just keep the Cali politics on the left coast! it's a different lifestyle...meaning people are more respectful here, you actually know and talk to your neighbor, and yes you have to deal with humidity 4 months out of the year, but a small price to pay to be able to have a lake with 1000 miles of shoreline as your backyard!suppose to keep the carolinas a secret...........will be there next year on a lake front home with dock,,,,but i will have a noisy ass flatty.........lived in cali 59 yrs....son moved there and likes it same weather we have just summer humidity and big big bugs........
There are always assholes that get too close to the docks but lots of wide open places if you want to surf.
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Honestly in 5 years or so of boating on the Lake, I don't recall any wakeboard boats causing an issue or surfing in congested waters. Most of the time if I saw them in was in a cove North of 150 and off to the right behind one of the dry rack storage places. Can't remember what its called. Also would see them in the Cove where Vinnie's was. Think Vinnie's got renamed or maybe Vinnies is the new name. I can't recall.
The thing I always saw that pissed me of the most was when somebody would tow their kids across the channel on a tube opposite of boat traffic on holiday weekends. It never failed, always happened.
Hell they do that at Havasu round and round in the area adjacent to and out in front of Site Six with boat traffic screaming past in both directions -- "No worries Ma, we've got the right-of-way"
Ahhhh, you need to visit a raft up on SE lakes. Norman draws plenty of hotties chasing Nascar diver boaters.As opposed to Havasu, where we have both stripers and strippers
Look out for water snakes!! Kiss good Mexican food goodbye, there worse then havasu. Still a nice place, a lot of people love it.
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Ahhhh, you need to visit a raft up on SE lakes. Norman draws plenty of hotties chasing Nascar diver boaters.
Cocktail Cove on Atlanta's Lake Lanier has houseboats full of 'em. The legendary house boat Abyss is a weekend long party throughout the season with provocative sights that are awesome.
But on the plus side $2 a gallon gas and a 3100sqft 6-room house with a 1000sqft garage on 1-acre of land 100-yards From the lake shore for under $300k with low taxes. I can totally deal with the crappy Mexican restaurant deal just saying.
no no no he must of left out a zero..houses on the lake are millions of dollars.....dont forget about the 15 ft alligaters that love wake boarders when u fall off......and gas will hit a record high there of $5 a gallon...........where just going there to be by are son otherwise u wouldnt catch me there..did i mention the huge masquitos can suck a quart of blood out of u and riddle u with diseases.......
You'd have to be there to understand it I suppose. Lanier has it's wild holidays but the pics I posted aren't a bunch of drunks puking overboard. They are young adults having good fun. Some of the most courteous and safe boat operators as a group is what that lake is all about. From what I've read about Havasu, as I've never been there, it's far different than Lanier, Norman, and other high volume SE lakes without the super crazy.Awesome ?? Recently there was a thread on here about what we enjoyed about boating, I'm sure many on here would flock to such a boating rodeo such as this.
But honestly, even 40 years ago, what you posted is the antithesis of my idea of boating fun. The only reason I'd be interested in knowing it's location, would be to to stay as far away as possible. In all our years at Havasu, I've successfully avoided any and all similar holiday debauchery at the Channel (Haven't even cruised through in over 20 years), Copper Canyon (Back when) and the upper river Sandbar. I'm one of those oddities who doesn't find drunk-ass, puking gals as being the least bit sexy and I'd much rather avoid the chest pounding apes who do.
On the other hand, I truly enjoy watching a pair of bonding Grebes And NO, I'm not fuckin gay
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You'd have to be there to understand it I suppose. Lanier has it's wild holidays but the pics I posted aren't a bunch of drunks puking overboard. They are young adults having good fun. Some of the most courteous and safe boat operators as a group is what that lake is all about. From what I've read about Havasu, as I've never been there, it's far different than Lanier, Norman, and other high volume SE lakes without the super crazy.
We for the most part would hang at Cocktail Cove and then find a private cove to chill out. The cove had plenty raft ups and houseboats, but it wasrare to see any super drunks making asses of themselves. What was fun was to see the rafter ups, often wake and ski boats of kids, grading golf swings on the course that had holes on 2 sides of the cove.
Maybe you need to venture out a bit and see how other parts of the country have fun with manners. Now that being said, Havasu can't be as bad as some of the real drunkfests at Put In Bay on Lake Erie SW of Cleaveland or the crazy spot I can't remember the name of on Lake St Clair near Detroit. Those are where the serious obnoxious drunks operate. Or Devils Cove across from Carlos and Charlies on Lake Travis north of Austin. Real power drinking idiots around there......To each their own. Have fun.
That’s on our short list for retirement.. couple years though.
Look at Lake Martin.
We love Martin. We loved Norman to, but Martin is not near as busy as Mooresville.
If you want busy Atlanta is just a 45 minute drive.
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