This is the time of year when the winds get wintry and your fingers are numbed playing golf or tennis too late in the year. It’s when you start making plans for a vacation in the Sunshine State.
That’s the nickname the Florida Tourist Bureau prefers. There are other names used by tourists who’ve been attacked by alligators or broiled on beaches. Oldtimers who’ve pulled up stakes in northern climes and traded Hoboken homes for Cape Coral condos, call it, “God’s waiting room.”
It might sound like a good idea to imitate the birds and go south in late autumn, but unfortunately, it’s also instinctual for the human race and thousands of us will race southward to avoid the falling temperatures and try to live with the rising prices.
You’re probably just a short flying time away from Florida (plus the current takeoff delay hours). You might try a more leisurely car trip and get to see the sites up close along the way instead of at an oxygen mask altitude.
One creative lad’s idea was to leisurely drive a rich man’s limo down to Florida and visit interesting places along the way. Unfortunately, one day the rich man noticed his limo was missing and the young vagabond was apprehended while sightseeing in Savannah and sentenced to several winters and summers in the Garden State.
You can easily spot the recently arrived typical “snowbird” at the Florida shore. She will be enjoying the warm sea breeze while her husband frantically searches for a parking space for the rental car. And she will be the only one on the beach wearing a fur coat and galoshes.
Imagine That 