We are going in Oct as well, and plan on spending lots of time at F&W. We have stayed at SOG many times, several since the renovation. We love it there.

Prior posters have pretty much covered the bus issue. I can back up what they said. Buses are not a huge problem at SOG. We usually drive so we have our car available, but we have used the buses before, and have found them to be timely and efficient. Plus we always enjoy striking up a conversation with people (DH will tell ANYONE about her DD who used to be a CP Intern and is coming back for another round).