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Highlands NC
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:07 PM
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Nice place to spend a weekend? How’s the drive from there to Clemson? Recs for hotels or restaurants?
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Wade Hampton Lodge
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:09 PM
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You can thank me later.
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Where is Wade Hampton Lodge?***
Mar 25, 2024, 1:45 PM
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Isn't it at the Wade Hampton golf course
Mar 25, 2024, 2:19 PM
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Been a while since I was up there.
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Not a bad drive from Clem. Old Edward's Inn is the standard up top.***
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:14 PM
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Nice town, easy drive from God's country, kinda spensive with lots of
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:15 PM
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little overpriced boutiques and stuff like that downtown.
There is a combo grocery store/restaurant downtown that is good for lunch and a couple other nice restaurants. We stayed at Skyline Lodge towards Cashiers, nice but not cheap. Restaurant there was very good.
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High Hampton Inn/Resort in Cashiers
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:19 PM
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YWIA
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I have an amusing intestinal distress story from High Hampton that I don't
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:43 PM
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have time to relate today, but it is very lungy.
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Lot o points [163012]
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We will need a followup on this one.
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:45 PM
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MauldinT® put this in the spreadsheet.
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Oculus Spirit [76342]
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For about $600 a night I can get you into my lake house.
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:20 PM
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Depending on the dates, but for Clemson football games I’m not there as much in the fall. 3 bedrooms for adults and then 8 beds for kids downstairs.
30 min to Clemson and you have a dock and possibly a boat if you are trustworthy.
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really like that place a lot
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:24 PM
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had a dd after tigres vs usuck - aaron hunt kicking game winner and stayed in highlands.
like they said - the lodge.
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For family or a getaway with the wife?
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:25 PM
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We really like the area. It's pricey and probably overpriced for what it is, but we still enjoy it. Downtown Highlands is nice and big enough for a weekend. There are plenty of hikes for whatever difficulty you want, and some scenic waterfalls.
As others have said, High Hampton Inn or Old Edwards Inn are the solid, traditional choices for hotels.
Ugly Dog is a fun bar. Four65 Bistro has good woodfired pizzas. MountainFresh Grocery has good options too. None of those are fine dining.
It's a super easy drive from Clemson, with the added bonus of being really scenic (especially if you go through Cashiers). The last time we went it was tied into a football weekend and didn't feel rushed.
It's probably 10-15 degrees cooler up there, which is fantastic in the summer.
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Good questions you ask. Another vote for Old Edwards Inn
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:37 PM
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although IIRC there are some B&Bs up there that are a much better value IMO if you don't intend to spend much time there other than to sleep.
Place is asspensive.
Not sure if there is much to do with kids there though.
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Lot o points [163012]
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I have been there a few times to play golf
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:40 PM
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back when I tried to play golf. Wade Hampton is where my partners have memberships so at least I sucked on a real nice course.
Beautiful area for sure.
I hate driving in the mountains, so I would rather go south than north. LOL.
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If you give me about another month or two...
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:42 PM
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I'll have a place in Franklin up and running on a river. 
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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Bonus
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Mar 25, 2024, 2:24 PM
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We will be there too!
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Lot o points [155972]
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Have you thought about Kellerman's?
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:46 PM
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Your wife could take dance lessons.
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Re: Highlands NC
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:48 PM
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Very nice. Check out the waterfalls in the area. A little pricey for me. Imagine if you picked up Hilton Head or Pinehurst and dropped it in the mountains....Highlands.
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Tmell***
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:59 PM
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It's no Pigeon Forge, that much is certain.
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Mar 25, 2024, 1:59 PM
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Highlands doesn't even have a wax museum, an aquarium, or an amusement park.
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my family had a place there for forever
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Mar 25, 2024, 2:29 PM
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great golf courses, good weather. not too terribly far from clemson if memory serves.
our place was at Cullasaja on a lake. got to fish, play golf, all that jazz.
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Lot o points [155972]
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Hey, I know youre still on the newer side here so lemme help
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Mar 25, 2024, 3:26 PM
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You didn’t have a “place”, you had a “mountain compound”.
Also, per rule 105.A (aka the crulez beach house rule), even if you had zero claim of ownership personally, if the place belonged to a relative, you can legally say “I had a mountain compound” in the lunge.
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Side note and a point of clarity needed
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Mar 25, 2024, 4:03 PM
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if your brother inherited the family lake compound and you got none of it, zilch, nada, zero, can you still claim to be owner's of a lake compound? Asking for a Greenr.
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I say go for it.***
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Mar 25, 2024, 4:04 PM
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Land Barron has a nice ring to it***
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Mar 25, 2024, 4:16 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83130]
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Went in August 1994 and almost ended my relationship with my future wife.
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Mar 25, 2024, 3:53 PM
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Was living in N. Augusta then, hot as F, so thought Highlands would be much cooler. It was still hot as F in Highlands. Stayed at a B&B with no AC, no cable, etc. Those B&B's can for sure be relationship killers.
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Much appreciated lads***
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Mar 25, 2024, 4:12 PM
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Sorry for late reply, we did airbnb for rustic cabin
Mar 25, 2024, 9:21 PM
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With best buds for Eclipse. The grocery/pizza place/limited food menu that also serves cocktails is a treat. Bloody Mary’s outside at picnic tables w/ breakfast was awesome, also had great pizza from there. See waterfalls. For big city, hit Cashiers/Brevard/Walhala. Very Nice for a low key weekend. Um, twisty roads and mountain vistas.
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