Living in a tourist destination can be hard.
Three months of being inundated with people, places and things. The urge to jump in and act like you’re on vacation pulling against the need to work and maintain.
And the desire to enjoy it all while it lasts, because in a few short days the shops will start to shutter their windows and the restaurants will only open on weekends. The farmers market and summer concerts will be a distant memory.
And yet I’m so ready for it to be over.
So ready for the sun to set earlier and for the nights to be quieter. I’m ready to have the promenade to myself. I’m ready to stop fighting for parking spots and for the playground to be empty.
I’m ready for the sidewalks to roll up and for the leaves to start falling. I’m ready for pumpkin lattes and muffins and pies. Pretty much anything pumpkin will do.
I’m ready for slow cooked soups and afternoons cooking in my own kitchen (god willing we have a home soon). For mornings spent sipping coffee rather than rushing off to the park or the beach. I’m ready for there to be nowhere to go.
I’m ready for hayrides and the pumpkin patch and apple cider. I’m ready for costumes and candy and the distant possibility of Christmas lights.
I’m ready for my uggs and my hoodies and, oh yes, my sweat pants. I’m ready for warm layers. I’m done with shorts and flip flops and all too exposed bathing suits. I want to settle into my skin and hide it under a warm sweater.
Yes, I am ready and I feel it coming, in the cool morning breeze and the sun that sinks behind the horizon just a little bit earlier every day as if to say it’s ready too.
It’s time for this summer to set.
I'm with you! I am SO over this heat. I don't think I could handle living in a tourist town- too many crazy drivers 🙂
Oh the drivers are the worst, everytime i'm out i see someone on the phone or texting or goign the wrong way down a one way street.
I never thought of some of those aspects of tourist towns, like restaurants only open on the weekends. College towns are kind of the same way, but not that extreme…just a lot quieter in the summer when students go home.
I am So ready for all of those fall things, too…all of them!!
I can see how a college town can be similar. Honestly no one ever thinks of it with tourist towns. People always say to me, "it must be awesome living here in the winter" and I'm always like ummm nothing is open.
I completely agree. This summer has seen its day and it is time to hand things over to autumn already!
Yes it has!
I love all things pumpkin! Pumpkin pie ice cream is one of my favorites and maybe it is because I can only have it as the leaves change color and fall.
Pumpkin pie ice cream sounds incredible.
In my opinion fall starts when Starbucks brings out the Pumpkin Spice Latte. According to that logic, we are merely a week or so away!
Yes that is a true test of when it is fall.
Even I…a child born of summer starts to get tired of the heat late August. Growing up in Orlando, it's funny. We never, ever got a break from the tourists. Looks lovely.
I'm a summer baby too and by the end of August i'm done.
Oh you just got me so excited for chai lattes!! I'm not sure what tourist town you live in but it looks really lovely. Not surprising it's a destination for so many.
I live in Sea Isle City, NJ and it is lovely. Thank you.
We live in an area that isn't a tourist destination, but it's small and things are often closed. I can imagine that can get pretty frustrating at times. It's all or nothing, isn't it?
It really is all or nothing, that's a good way to put it.
You make me want to experience it with you. We had a good summer, lived hard, lived deep, but I'm ready for the heat and drought to break. We just neet a hard reset.
So glad that you had a good summer. I always feel like i need a break from it all when it's over.
I don't get to experience any seasons where I am, but I always enjoy the stories and pictures of those who do get to enjoy Fall. Sure sounds like you're definitely ready for a new season!
I always wondered what it would be like to live with no seasons. When I was younger I wanted to live where it was always summer, now that I'm older not so much.
Fall is my most favorite season ever so I am with you. It's interesting because I always wonder whether people who live in touristy areas like the crowds. I guess it's good for the economy but I can see your excitement for it to be over for a while.
It's a love / hate relationship you love the tourists and we need them to survive but sometimes we've just had enough.
Yes yes yes!! Fall is the best of all the seasons. I can smell it coming in the air and I'm so excited. Loved this post. I want to wear a sweater and sip hot apple cider!
Thank you! And I love when I can smell fall in the air, I always think it smells like halloween.
I agree! Cannot wait to start putting on comfy sweaters.
Me too!
I agree. I am ready for fall. I live in a tourist spot too. So while everyone is coming to enjoy this last weekend of summer, we are hiding out at the house to avoid crowds and traffic. Here's to a slower pace and enjoying fall! Stopping by from SITS Sharefest.
I know that feeling all too well. We have to stay in the house and we can't leave the island on weekends. Thanks for stopping by ; )
Amen! We've had a very chilly morning and I've been wearing a long-sleeved flannel shirt; it's been glorious!
I love fall. I can taste it coming.
Sorry you have to share your world during the summer. I'm glad you get to have it back to yourself for a while.
Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Oh a long flannel shirt sounds wonderful!