The summer crowd was gone; some of the carnival events were already closed up tight.

Still, the summer crowd has not given up on parties.

"We would never do something just for the sake of the summer crowd."

There were no summer crowds; it was simply another faded river town.

Take away those summer crowds, though, and Ocracoke is just about perfect.

For now, the town is relying on overtime to police the summer crowds.

He looked around the station at the summer crowds.

"With any luck, not too many of the summer crowds know about it."

When the summer crowds arrive, they must take their dogs elsewhere.

Then the summer crowd here breaks up and people head back to their rooms.