[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by NJblue

I understand the notion of July/August being nice because of fewer people, but so far in September there seems to be even fewer people (which may make sense since visiting children/grandchildren are no longer here.) Is this just my imagination? Based on what I am seeing it appears that Sept/Oct may be the best of all worlds - low crowds and cooler/drier weather. Am I wrong?

Sept/Oct is when the birds start returning and the congestion starts. If I had another choices I would pick May/June and Aug/Sept. Birds are going or gone in May and we still have cool weather - Same in Aug/Sept - cool weather in Sept and they are not really here yet.

[NJblue]

Why is it that I get an image of a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds when people talk about the snowbirds returning? I don't recall it being that bad last Feb/March when we were here, but then again, we were busy setting up our house at the time and weren't doing a lot of golfing/dining. I do recall the nuisance of traffic jams on Morse, but hopefully the new construction will take care of that.

On the other hand, I tend to like it when a restaurant is full (as long as the lines are not too long) - it gives a sense of vibrancy as well as a comforting feeling that it is not about to go out of business. We were in Sonny's last night and the place was half-full, at best. I commented to my wife that I hope the snowbirds come and fill the place up so that they will stay in business.