Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bryce Resort has Lake Laura- that's within two hours. It's a smaller lake with no motorized boating but it's very clean and pretty.
That sounds nice - that's what I hated the most at Lake Anna - all of the power boats.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Deep Creek has year round rentals thanks to the local ski resort. Although when we rented in the fall (after summer, before ski season), the area was dead. Empty. So you can't count on year round rentals.
Lake Anna has a huge stigma attached to it.
What's the stigma?
I have been to lake Anna twice with visiting family and most likely won't again. There is nothing but overly warm water with too much growing in it and the towns around it like Mineral don't give the impression that they are aware that they lost the (Civil) War. The rest is a bunch of Feds/contractors with hick tendencies who already live as far from their DC jobs as they can possibly stand making the migration to boat and get drunk as hell while whipping around in their motor toys often unsafely.
Not for me
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this was my impression as well. plus the nuclear reactor is freaky.
X2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Deep Creek has year round rentals thanks to the local ski resort. Although when we rented in the fall (after summer, before ski season), the area was dead. Empty. So you can't count on year round rentals.
Lake Anna has a huge stigma attached to it.
What's the stigma?
I have been to lake Anna twice with visiting family and most likely won't again. There is nothing but overly warm water with too much growing in it and the towns around it like Mineral don't give the impression that they are aware that they lost the (Civil) War. The rest is a bunch of Feds/contractors with hick tendencies who already live as far from their DC jobs as they can possibly stand making the migration to boat and get drunk as hell while whipping around in their motor toys often unsafely.
Not for me
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this was my impression as well. plus the nuclear reactor is freaky.
Anonymous wrote:Bryce Resort has Lake Laura- that's within two hours. It's a smaller lake with no motorized boating but it's very clean and pretty.
Anonymous wrote:Bryce Resort has Lake Laura- that's within two hours. It's a smaller lake with no motorized boating but it's very clean and pretty.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:FYI, both lakes are man made and pretty disgusting.
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Ick
Save your money and use it to vacation in the Adirondacks, or Maine.
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there are many great rentals in MUCH better locations
or find somewhere closer (<2 hrs)
Less than two hours? That gets you to Winchester or Annapolis? What kind of vacation rentals exist in bedroom communities?
I agree Maine would be sublime but requires flights which makes frequent trips $$$$$
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:FYI, both lakes are man made and pretty disgusting.
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Ick
Save your money and use it to vacation in the Adirondacks, or Maine.
+1
there are many great rentals in MUCH better locations
or find somewhere closer (<2 hrs)