‘Well, this is it…September 1,’ said Billy B.

‘If we do not go to Pounds Hollow in the next 3 days and this day is over halfway gone…we will have to wait until Memorial Day for a swim,’ Jane said.

‘I was hoping we could take a final summer swim before we set off for Maine next week,’ Chet said with a sly grin.

‘This year we shall see a whale and drink ale, said Neva J. with a lusty laugh!

‘I will pack the merlot and the hot dogs…the weather is fall and a swim should be invigorating, Neva J said.

It was excellent at the Lake. The kids were laughing and the old folks were frolicking. It was a treat to relish the gifts of the Hollow for the last summer swim.

‘I found one of Aunt Vema’s old art books and all of the women in the photos were nude. They were posing…and I found it very interesting,’ Billy B. said academically.

‘You don’t say…all nude…indeed that would be educational,’ Chet remarked as he sipped his Merlot.

‘My Aunt is an artist in Maine and she told me that when she was a young woman she had swam in the nude and they called it ‘Skinny Dipping’…she said that once you do it you will never forget it, Jane said with a chuckle.

‘Dad had an old Nudist Camp magazine in his desk drawer and when I looked through it and realized that there is nude…and then again there is…nude,’ Chet said with a chortle.

Once you have seen it…you can’t forget it,’ Neva J commented as she opened another package of Oscar Mayer Weiners…and Chet took one directly from the package and placed it on a hot dog bun.

Our Intrepid Traveler decided to swim to the far bank of the lake and see what was over the next hill. As they climbed the hill they were amazed to discover another lake that was surrounded by trees and then they heard laughing and giggling and what appeared to be youngsters playing water tag. There in the chilly water were their teachers and the principal…naked…and apparently loving it! This was the most memorable and educational class of the year and was a recurring subject of conversation in Health Class…