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Originally Posted by MikeVillages
When is snowbrid season? I would think it starts in January because of the holidays in December.
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One of my snowbird friends left yesterday for Massachusetts, even though we hear it’s been snowing there. Another one is planning to return to Massachusetts in two or three weeks. The migration North seems to begin (not counting short term renters) around the first day of Spring, March 21, and most have left by the week after Easter, whenever that is. Then the traffic becomes minimal and reservations are less necessary in restaurants and it’s easier to get reservations for sports. They start drifting back at the beginning of November, though a few wait until after Christmas. It comes down hating the cold versus Christmas with the family. Meanwhile, the snowbirds never get to see The Villages when it’s at its greenest and most relaxed,
Here’s a song called “Snow,” by Jesse Winchester, writing from Canada.
I was tuning in the six o'clock newscast
And the weather man mentioned snow
As soon as I heard that four-letter word
I was making my plans to go
If I was a bird I would fly back South
A bear I would go to sleep
Anything rather than hang around here
When the snow starts getting deep
Now you know what they say about snow flakes
How there ain't no two the same
Well, all them flakes look alike to me
Every one is a dirty shame
My ears are cold
My feet are cold
Bermuda stays on my mind
And I'm here to say that if winter comes
Then spring is a ways behind
I don't have no heavy hip boots
I don't have no furry hat
I don't have no long-john underwear
No layer of protective fat
I'd take a plane right to sunny Spain
Oh, but I don't have the dough
But I'd build a bridge and I'd walk there
To get away from all that snow
Oh, I'd build a bridge and walk there
To get away from all that snow