“If it’s tourist season, why can’t we shoot them?”
The hot and humid air mass just hangs over New England. The slightest movement makes me sweat, not a pleasant sight. The air conditioning at night gave me a cold which is now just about gone. I thought it was allergies, but it was too persistent. Maybe the dog huddling beside me every night should have been a hint.
Summer is hot and winter is cold. These are givens. People complaining when it is too hot and too cold are also givens. The weather seems to be the one thing we all share, a commonality. It is an ice breaker, a reason to chit chat in the grocery store line. “How about this weather?’ or my favorite, “Hot enough for you?”
One summer it rained every weekend and a few days each week. Even I felt bad for the tourists. I couldn’t imagined being stuck in a cottage with herds of children and no diversions. I pictured countless games of Monopoly, the most boring of all games. The movie theaters were so filled every rainy day that summer people were parking on the grass and across the street at the lumber yard. The roads were totally clogged with cars driven by harried parents hoping to find something to keep their kids busy and quiet. I would have suggested duct tape. It seems to work for just about everything.
Every day is a beach day this summer, and the tourists are delighted. I’m glad for them. Nothing makes me happier than to see jubilant tourists.
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July 13, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Love the quote!!
July 13, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Me too, Erin!!
July 13, 2010 at 12:40 pm
“I couldn’t imagined being stuck in a cottage with herds of children and no diversions”
In the old country it was noticeable how many birthdays were in the first two weeks of May. Now given that most people went on holiday in the first two weeks of August, I guess they found something else to do (than Monopoly) on those endless rainy days. I guess I was lucky to be called Hedley and not Bognor Regis 🙂
July 19, 2010 at 10:11 am
My Dear Hedley,
That last line gave me quite a chuckle!
I guess rainy days really do have some wonderful diversions!
July 13, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Great quote! I´ve often been thinking the same every early spring when the cranes arrive and with them the tourists 🙂
We´ve had much the same weather over here for a while now. I sleep on the bottom floor now because it´s not as hot as on the upper floor. Well sleep is wrong word actually, dozing of from time to time is better 🙂 🙂
have a great day now!
Christer.
July 19, 2010 at 10:12 am
Christer,
When I’m behind the slowest of all tourists gawking as he drives, I wish I did have a license to shoot. It seems only fair.
If I didn’t have an air-conditioner I couldn’t sleep upstairs on the third floor where my bedroom is.
July 13, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I wish we had tourists again for the summer. The oil spill has run them off. Maybe you are getting the ones who used to vacation down here. I know it’s even worse in the panhandle where I was born. Plenty of people have called me to say it’s creeping them out. But this is one of the hottest summers we’ve had on record and you’re right about people talking about the weather. It’s global warming or feels like it.
July 16, 2010 at 9:34 am
Z&Me,
I can’t imagine going to Florida in the summer for vacation. The weather is just too extreme.
We have had more and more people due to the economy. The Cape is an easy drive for many, and there are lots of options for places to stay.
July 14, 2010 at 12:48 am
Katry:
I had to put my glasses on and read the entry again. I thought you said nothing made you happier than seeing jihadist tourists…..it was a long day at work!
Lynn
July 14, 2010 at 10:26 am
Lynn,
Thanks for the great laugh!!
July 14, 2010 at 9:19 am
The opposite weather here Katarina. Coldest snap we’ve had in years (literally)
As I’ve said before, the drought has broken big time.
As for tourists, when summer arrives here they arrive in an endless stream. Fill up all the best coffee shops depriving ME!!! Go home you swine I silently yell.
Pete
July 14, 2010 at 10:25 am
Pete,
You are far kinder than I am. My comments toward the tourists turn the air in my car blue. They are, I know, a necessary evil keeping down my taxes and all, but I always feel as if I’ve been invaded by predators from another world.