What a difference a day (or two) makes.
Because yesterday was (perhaps) the last nice day we might see until next May, I grabbed a laptop and, as I do on occasion, went down to Lower Harbor Park to write a bunchy of stuff. I've done that many times this summer, and the park is usually filled with throngs of people playing, picnicking, or, like last week, filled with kids tearing up the grass on e-bikes.
But yesterday, a day when it was 77 degrees and sunny? I was the only one in the park except, sadly, for about two dozen geese (which you may or not be able to see in this picture).
You really CAN tell that summer's over and the kids are back in school, can't you?
It's funny; I was actually down at the park the day before yesterday (Labor Day) and the place was teeming with people, what I'm sure were a mix of locals and tourists taking advantage of one of the crown jewels of the Marquette park system. But yesterday, a day that was arguably nicer than Labor Day itself? Let's just say I'm both surprised and, simultaneously, not surprised. I joked on TV last week that the "weather" portion of summer ended August 16th.
Well, now we know when the "fun" part of summer ended, as well.
I'm hoping there will be more nice days and I'm hoping that on those nice days parks like Lower Harbor will fill up, even if it happens on a week day. But sitting alone in an empty park (well, except for those perpetual pooping machines walking around) was a strange sight.
An yet another sign that summer is, if not totally over, very close to being that way.
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