"Bilgeman" wrote in message
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Bilge- I think you're talking about Cambridge,Maryland. If you don't dig
Murrilyn's state tax scene, then there's the Virginia portion, which
revolves
around the Norfolk/Hampton/Newport News "Tidewater". And as I understand
it,
Delaware's taxes are lowest of all, although Delaware has it's own dang
bay...but it's just a hop through the C&D canal if you MUST float on the
Chesapeake.

This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for....options. I never even considered
the delaware bay area.


I think you'll need more than two days to scope out the DelMarVa
Peninsula.

Well, I meant 2 days at a time. I'll be putting our other house on the
market right around Feb. It's a 2 story, 1600sq ft right on the
susquehanna....they've been going quickly around here for 130k. I should be
able to squeeze that a little harder since I'm on 2 acres with a private
concrete ramp/dock and a 2 story shop complete with elevator across the
drive.


-The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe
setup my
35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all that
if I
can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be "on the
water"
but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my boat. I like the
area
between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east" side most...that way,
we'd be
close to the beach as well.-mechtechlic

Bilge-You can access all the realtors you need on the internet. Since I've
no
clue where you live now, I can't tell you what would be a "good deal" for
you.
I know that I'm agog at the reasonableness of realty down here in Hampton
Roads,(I live in metro DC).

Harrisburg, PA. I don't want to contact realtors until I know where the
hell I want to go!!!

If you really feel adventurous, sell your boats and buy a houseboat...tour
the
place the way the colonists did...and in a craft not much smaller, for
that
matter.

That would be a little too adventurous for me at this point. I need to
LEARN a lot before a task such as that. I have a lot of river experience
and know about 16 miles of it like the back of my hand but I'd feel REAL
uncomfortable for the first 2 years out on the delaware/chesapeake bay!! I
need to find a person where we decide to buy that will take me under their
"oar" so to speak:-)

Great suggestions...thanks for your time.

Don