Sounds like a good season to me...

I too am getting ready to put my time off in, thanks to my work schedule I'm going to be able to have every friday off from mid Sept to Nov. I'm also planning to take 2 weeks off, either last of Oct & first of Nov, or first 2 of Nov.

I also get a lot time w/ the family too, taking a week in Aug, plus I have every other firday off year round so we take many 3 day trips...