Have you ever noticed when it starts getting hot in the summer you find out all the different kinds of people there are? There are the ones that don't want to complain about the heat because winter will be here soon enough. Then there are the ones that would just as soon live in the air conditioning 24/7 and never brave the heat, then there are the "Michigan Summer Bums", they live for this stuff.
They are the ones with all the latest beach paraphernalia! They have every sunblock and sun tan ointment known to man, the coolest beach towels, the beach umbrellas or better yet, the beach instant cabana, the Frisbee, the cooler with every thing you need for an entire day at the beach and of course the goggles, boogie boards, swim rings, you name it they got it. They always look nice and tan and are always willing to drop everything to go to the beach at any time. I love these people even though I am not one of them, they amuse me and I am sure I amuse them as well.
I live 10 to 15 minutes from Lake Michigan so it's in my blood to go there. Picture this, you are on the beach enjoying your day with a good book when out of the blue here I come with my 2 daughters, one is 10 years old and the other one is old enough to be her mom. They very much look the part of the "Bums" I on the other hand look like the great white whale that insists that I can carry all our cargo in one trip. While they are getting use to the water I am trying to anchor down all the towels and at just the right angle without getting a ton of sand on everything and when I finally get settled in now I'm HOT so I need to get wet to cool down.
Why don't I ever remember the water being that cold when I was a kid. I finally get use to the water, get cooled down so now I can lay on the towel and get my vitamin D. I walk to the towel and somehow it seems to have gotten step on, twisted and full of sand but the 10 year old claims it wasn't her. So now I shake out the towel again, anchor it down and now I'm HOT....you know where this is going right, so this is my ritual when I go to the beach and when I get home I usually have enough sand in the car to fill a small sandbox but at least we had fun and that's the important part which is what I keep telling myself for the next 3 days until the sunburn cools down. I enjoy the summer, I really do but I would like the temperature to stay around 75 degrees the whole year so I guess I need to move to Hawaii...lol
That's from my angle hope you enjoyed it!
