Another November and Here I Am

 

Oh once in a while you get a November day like this, such as the one we had in Auburn NY in 2012. But sadly they are few and far between.

Today was more typical I’m afraid – gloomy and wet and cool. The leaves are gone and so are the songbirds. Baseball is over until spring. It doesn’t get light until 8 AM and it’s dark by 4:30 PM. You need lights on inside the house to do anything useful.

November is in what most travel companies call the “shoulder season.” The kids are in school, summer is a distant memory, and the holiday rush hasn’t got started. It’s really a great time to travel as you probably can fly before the snow makes it a bit dicey around here. Or you can drive through the snowbelt area of northern New York relatively unscathed  – on your way to somewhere agreeable.

It’s cheap too. Trans-oceanic cruises are available, and so are early Caribbean trips. It’s a good time for a Mediterranean holiday as well. We’ve done all of the above since we retired.

So what am I doing here, you ask. Well, we have plans for next year with the grandchildren, plus we had a pretty good trip already this year (it’s our second taste of autumn.) Also Mr. Oates has been settling in nicely and we don’t want to leave him behind right at the moment.

However, something like this will hopefully be in a future November. You gotta believe when the winds howl and the rains fall.

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