The Summer Of Bayside

I live in an area of Bayside that is very near the sea. In fact, you can visit the local marina via a short drive on the Cross Island Parkway. The waves aren't so massive that you can hang ten on them, as we live near an estuary, Alley Pond. Since I live near a swamp, it gets pretty humid sometimes. And no, I'm not talking about the good kind of humidity that's slightly cool, I'm talking about the kind of humidity full of this warm, slimy sweat-inducing sensation that feels like taking a swim in the nearby swamp end of the Long Island Sound. Not that I've swam  there, just providing an uncomfortable-sounding example. In fact, you can get so hot that you can feel your sweat clinging to the design on your T-shirt. Most people in my area typically take a drive to Jones Beach, on the south end of Long Island, where the water is less thick and more salty, and there's actually sand instead of rocks that are hard to climb on. Me and my family never went there, likely because I haven't the patience to stay an hour in the furry inside of a 2008 Kia Sedona for forty-five minutes or more unless I picked the destination. So we decided to install a pool in our backyard. I kind of miss the old backyard, where you had more space to roam about and the neighbors actually got along with us. Still, there's no way to beat the heat outdoors other that the pool.