I spent the entire day at the beach here in Racine just this last week.
It was a wonderful day with sun, sand and the nice calming sound of the lake. And it was clean and there were many people and there were lifeguards on duty and there were people grilling out in the distance up on the grassy hills above the beach.
There were also people playing "beach vollyball" and music coming from the "Oasis", which is a concession stand and beach house that sits in front of what people are saying is one of the nicest beach fronts in the midwest.....
Ahh, North Beach.
The pride of our little city here on one of the Great Lakes.
Ok, so go a few miles north of me here in Racine and the picture starts looking a little different. As far back as I can remember, I have heard of "Bradford Beach" in Milwaukee. The name conjured up images of tanning and swimming.
When I was a kid, I used to come down to Milwaukee in the summer to spend time with my mother's cousin (who seemed more like a very cool aunt) Anita and as part of my many childhood adventures, she would always take us down to the "Beach" for the day, among other things to keep us busy and make sure we were having fun.
My memories of buying a hot dog from the concession stand, seeing all the many people on the beach tanning and swimming and playing beach vollyball and just walking or running along the busy shoreline are memories that have stuck in my head and make me think of what a nice beach means....
But that is not the case for "Bradford Beach" (or any other in the Milwaukee area) these days. The beaches are full of garbage, the lifeguards are basicly non existent and the seagulls are so numerous that one may be afraid that Alfred Hithcock is in town doing a remake of "The Birds".
How sad that those once pristine beaches have taken such an awful turn for the worse. Hopefully the city of Milwaukee can do something before it is too late....
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