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I stared at the winter cover and sighed ....

Closed her up today. It’s officially “not-pool season”

60F yesterday and today. Forecast highs for the week from Tuesday on are <60F. Guess I’ll be closing this coming weekend.

With, or without?

67 degrees. Now just waiting to close. SWG’s are only running 2 hours, and I have to skip a day here and there. Didn’t check for a few cold days and FC crept up to 14ppm (CYA 60ppm), more than double my 10% target. I leave them off till Wednesday at least to get under a FC of 10ppm. Pool...

Man is that beautiful.

I miss the convenience of a pickup over the SUV, with a good tarp you can haul anything that fits in the bed. That’s great to hear about that ‘98! Just keep changing that oil and it will last forever. LOL, my bling bling. My wife says I have ‘show-off-syndrome’. Here I am playing with my...

I think everyone should own a truck at least once, and here in the Northeast they should always be 4X4. I’m on my third. Here’s my current, ‘02 Explorer. I absolutely love this thing:

Link does not seem to be working....

Peaked at 87 today. It’s been in the mid 80’s for the past week or so. Lovin’ it.

Another vote for the sample sizer, especially with a speed stir. Consistent sample size and complete mixing equals consistent results.

I’m doing that 2X a day right now. Everything is covered in pollen, pool, patio, cars.... cant wait for it to stop so I can stop sneezing .......

I added another 20lbs of salt, and 1-1/2lbs of CYA.

Added 20lbs of salt, brushed, and cleaned out the pump basket.

66 today, up from 60 when I opened yesterday.

Today I peeled back the cover to have a peek at the water. Crystal clear. I’m getting itchy to open, but I know the water is still plenty cold.

We recently picked up a Cuisinart 1-1/2 Quart Ice Cream Maker. It's amazing how simple it is to make decadent ice cream! So far Butter Pecan & Mint Chocolate Chip are the big favorites, and now we have a Ben & Jerry's recipe book. I've also noticed that most of my pants have shrunk a bit in...

I’’ll post a temp once I can get the thermometer through the ice LOL

Even sadder is that these are new blades this past spring. When the snow is dropping at 2-3” per hour and you are only doing 25 MPH, snow builds up at the base of the windshield, which turns to slush from the defroster, which quickly freezes to the wiper blades & windshield when sheeted across...

They take any available frozen substance, and smear it across your windshield. They perform this best during ‘white out’ conditions.

Just got home from work (closed due to weather). Here’s the view from the Living Room: From the back hall: And our current conditions: Man, I can’t wait for spring!

I have an '02 XLS with 117K miles and it still rides smooth. It creaks and rattles a bit though LOL.

Closed it for the winter, water has been in the upper 50’s all week. Sad,sad day.

Pool is refusing to cooperate and remains at 62-63F. My plan is to be closed by this coming weekend.

We swam again, 80F. I can’t believe how late we’re swimming this year.

Cleaning leaves off of the solar cover ....... Again ....... Pool is 77F right now, sun is low and about a half hour away from my solar. Swam yesterday (80F), plan to do the same today, hopefully by noon.

Just got out of the pool, 80F. Beautiful swim.

79F. Just had a nice hour long swim.

74F the past few days. Looks like the season is pretty much over in my neck of the woods .......

Water temp is water temp, the pool doesn't know if it was heated by the sun or a heater. I believe that what you are noticing is the difference between the air temp and the water temp. In the springtime, the family is fine with a 78-80F pool, when air temps are in the 70'sF. Come summer when...