The Gullies

When the tide started going out in the ocean off North Wildwood, it would form gullies or sand bars under the water. These made safe places to swim where you wouldn't get taken out in the undertow. The water also was a little warmer in them from the Sun hitting the still water. We spent a lot of time at the beach when we lived there. After we moved to Erma, it was only a few times each Summer.

No one used sunblock in those days, I wonder why skin cancer is on the rise now. Our skin used to peel off every June and we would be tan until school started again.