A Site for Shore Eyes

Wildwood vacationers mostly abandoned their search for the summer season, which slipped away unnoticed. Many had seen it hanging around until late afternoon on Labor Day, but it vanished sometime before evening.

Several vacationers said they thought they saw it heading out of town, and hoped that the police would put out an APB and attempt to bring it back.

“If they don’t get it soon,” said a vacationer who gave his name as Joe, from South Philly, “we’re not going to bother hanging around. That’s what we came here for, and without it, our vacation is pretty much shot.” When asked why his family waited until so late in the year to take a vacation, he said, “Summer ain’t supposed to end until sometime later in September. I think we got cheated.”

When asked why they thought it left in such a hurry, several visitors offered different theories:

“I think it has something to do with the slight chill in the air that crept in on Sunday night,” said Joanne, from Upper Darby.

“I think it had to go back to school,” Johnny, a seven-year-old from Gloucester opined.

“I don’t know why it left, but it always seems to come back,” a construction worker from Manayunk said. “It might even be back next weekend,” he suggested. “You just never know for sure until it happens.”

Police said they had no evidence that a crime was committed, but a number of visitors had filed complaints stating that it had sabotaged their vacations when it left.

“It stole my vacation money when it left!” a middle aged woman who said she’s a regular visitor, complained. “Okay, maybe it didn’t steal it, but it may as well have. What good is a vacation at the shore if summer isn’t here? I thought summer was guaranteed until the first day of fall, but nobody seems to be honoring that guarantee!”

One man, while packing up the family car, said, “I don’t know what all these people are complaining about! It leaves every year on Labor Day and drops in on weekends until about the middle of October. Then it heads for warmer climes and you won’t see it again until sometime around Easter, sometimes later, and then it’s only here on weekends again. It settles in for good again right about Memorial Day weekend. These people should know that.” He then herded his family into the car and drove away.

I don’t know where it went, but I think it used to be a bit taller. It seemed pretty short this year, but that could just be my perception. I think I saw autumn roll into town to have a look, and I understand it booked reservations starting sometime around the third week of the month. I think it will probably stay for awhile, because it’s pretty much a requirement for football. I’m looking forward to it, and the lonely streets aren’t such a bad thing, if you plan on hanging around for awhile.

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