To Caz Pool on a Summer Day (Childhood Memories)

It was a near daily trek. A way to break the monotony of summer vacation and cool off during the hot humid summer Bflo. weather. 

It was free to get in the pool but perhaps there was a charge to rent a basket to hold your valuables in the locker room. When we left the locker room to enter the pool we had to pass through a cold shower: a shock for sure. 

The pool was always cold but we didn't mind much. The diving pool had three boards . I never made it to the highest one. The concession stands held the forbidden fruit. We could smell the popcorn and cotton candy but never had money to buy. I don't know anyone who did. 

I think I remember the walks to and from the pool the best. We met up with friends along the way and some not so friendlies. I remember a group of older girls chanting,' a quarter for the poor.' I guess they figured it wasn't worth shaking us down because they wouldn't get anything and left us alone after awhile. One nasty cuss picked up the coin (a nickle) that a friend had dropped and challenged her to recall the year if the coin were to be returned. She could not and it was not.

P,S, we were not allowed to go to Caz pool  at night, I was sure the water was warmer then but I'll never know,