YippeeSkippy...we have played Marco Polo in hotel and camp pools all across the USA...I laughed at your line...thanks for the giggle!
Kellyfair...that audience came to watch the baptism of my 15yo "tornado daughter" (who duct-taped all the bolts in the pool this summer). She had planned to be baptized at her church but changed her mind when we finally got this thing built. Did you spot the man on the roof? That was my hubby FINALLY seeing the pool (it was his birthday, too) and climbing out the upstairs window to take pics for our friend.
Cowboy Casey and WASP...boats and water-skiing are my love language! Bring it on! I spent every Sunday of my youth on a good slalom ski on the lake...but having a pool is sure closer.
Dalf1990...so happy for you to be getting water now, because I had just wondered about you yesterday. I do have some wrinkles, mostly where my deep side curves into the the edges of the shallow side...but I'm okay with it just because I am finally DONE with the long delays and SWIMMING! Good luck!!!
Zea3...thanks for the fast response about TA. Yes, I always vacuum from inside the pool...otherwise it would be a chore instead of sanity time.
It's just a big reach from the shallow across the deep, and the farther I extend the pole, the less leverage I feel. I can do it treading water, but then I stir it up too much.
I'm adding more stabilizer (also, I failed to mention I've been purposely using granular shock and pucks to assist in adding CYA).
Kim and Needsajet...I am always glad to have your voices chime in on safety. Please don't feel any need to hold back...you have both been incredibly valuable to this project, and I am indebted to you! As the mom, I definitely get antsy about safety with the shenanigans that goes on with a crowd of healthy kids. I already took Needs' suggestion last week and tracked down 25 noodles for the edge! If it is any consolation, I have tested and re-tested the layers of "coping" I had on the top, and while I definitely think it would cause a bruise or a break to fall out of the sky onto one, I do not think it there's any cutting that's going to happen. I like what you said about wider, though. When we "noodled" the springs on our trampoline, we came across super-size noodles to alternate with the normal sized ones, thus making the empty spaces smaller. I think I could used my 2 leftover "giant" noodles under the zipline's path and take some extra measure of peace in that. I've been hunting all over creation just to find all the noodles in the same color, but 2 in a different size would be way worth it until I get something better. Meanwhile, I've been corresponding with my carpentry-skilled "pseudo-son" about options for building a wide-enough-to-be-handy composite ledge over the top when we do the future deck. Open to any and all suggestions on that.
And on the zipping note, here are some pics--
The fun uncle test-driving the zip line before the kids could go:
Big sister went up with little sister for her debut turn, having previously been only allowed on the lower line (which doesn't go to the pool). My primary contributions to safety are insisting on dry hands, taught arms, a "supervisor" who checks that the track and cable are smooth, and that the trampoline must always be placed beneath the platform so that any flyer who gets nervous or feels weak on take-off may simply drop below.
Little sister flying high:
Big sister coming in for a landing:
Dad finally arrives for a swim on the 2-week birthday of the liner install:
