Cape Karen
Tis' the season... millions of tacky Christmas lights have been blinking and twinkling all over town since November, (and will until late April) and thousands of consumers, from six adjoining states, have been arriving in droves each weekend to shop. Once we get past New Year's, it will finally quiet down and we will have three whole months of sheer bliss, with little traffic. (Hooray!) I love January, February and March.
I wonder what would it be like to live somewhere that few tourists visit? Having lived on the Cape, Williamsburg, VA and now the Great Smoky Mountains, I have never experienced living in a "normal" town... full of of residents only. I suppose it might be boring - not planning my daily life around tourism - but I'd sure like to try it someday.
I can envision living in a pretty cottage in a wooded glen with a babbling brook flowing right outside my door. I'd see deer peeking through the trees every so often, and I'd be able to sit under a star-filled sky at night and only hear the sounds of crickets and frogs. I'd go down to the General Store for my weekly groceries, and I'd know everyone I met.
Of course there would have to be an ocean nearby, and the weather would be perfect each season; springtime would be mild and full of trees and flowers blooming, there'd be warm summer days and cool summer nights, a long brilliant fall season and a short, sometimes snowy, winter. There would be no stifling summer heat waves or humidity, few dreary, rainy days and, surely, no floods. There would be no big blizzards or ice storms, no blinking cartoon Christmas lights and definitely no tourist-laden traffic jams to contend with.
Does such a place even exist? I don't think so - but if I ever found it... I would move there!
In the meantime, I'll enjoy the up-coming three months of peace here in the mountains of Tennessee, and be grateful for the beauty that surrounds me when it's quiet and peaceful.
It's amazing how truly pretty this area is... when not a creature is stirring.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by Karen at December 13, 2007 10:15 AM