Goose Bumps and Sweatshirts

It's that time of year when the serious sun worshipers are separated from the timid. Or perhaps its a case of separating the crazies from the sane.

While most beach visitors protected themselves from the brisk winds by donning sweatshirts and turning umbrellas into windbreaks by laying the umbrellas on their side, there were a few hardy soles who strolled the water's edge wearing nothing but a bathing suit.

It gives me cause to wonder if the goose bumps that must surely have covered those few barely clothed bodies formed some type of insulation. Perhaps there is a genetic strain that causes goose bumps to fill with a naturally produced antifreeze.  Or perhaps the antifreeze came from several adult libations before the sun worshipers set off to expose their barren skin to the fifty degree wind chills.

As for myself.  I'll take the warm of the sun on my face while the rest of me simmers beneath multiple layers of clothing.