FIRST JULY WEEKEND IN OUR BAY

Sicilians take long vacations during July and August each year. They sometimes take the whole two months in summer homes, and that is what our apartment complex is all about, vacation homes for July and August. Many of the owners are from Palermo and those who still have to work will commute there and come back to the family on weekends. So this weekend we were not surprised to see an almost full parking lot by Saturday. Also, the weather is hot and the water at our beach is nice and cool. It was almost perfect today. A brisk wind blew in last night and there is no sign of the jellyfish invasion of yesterday.
We were out on the beach by 8:30 AM. Because we do not want to have to take our beach umbrella, etc, we figure we can stay for 2-3 hours with three swims before we need to go up before the mid-day crowd. So these pictures are taken before 11 AM. Imagine what it is like at 1 PM before everyone heads home for pranza! Hope you have a comfortable and cheery 4th of July.