S - Swimming Pools

Swimming Pools: place, thing

Swimming pools are pretty important for hotels. The pool was often the coolest part of vacations. I have fond memories of the Hotel in Desmoines that we often stayed at that had a good outdoor pool AND a nice indoor one. The 7 swimming pools at the Caribbean Beach Resort at Disney World were also awesome, as was the pool at the hotel we stayed in in Phoenix.

We used to have some connections at Proctor HS, which meant that many Mondays we'd get to go swim in the Pool and then go to Godfather's Pizza afterwards.

In 8th grade I was friends with the Gym Teacher's son. One day he wrote us a pass to get out of English Class just so we could go swimming in the pool during a period where the gym classes weren't using it.

Poolside Rooms were the pinnacle of luxury, and were excellent places to have birthday parties.

I used to be good at playing in swimming pools. Now that I've gotten old, even though the kid in me just wants to be in the pool, I find that I don't know how to play, or what to do, once I'm in the pool anymore.

Growing up in Minnesota meant that Lakes were for summer/outdoor swimming and pools were for indoor swimming. It disappoints me when I am in other lakeless places where hotels only have outdoor pools (that aren't open in the "winter"). How are you supposed to go swimming when you're at a hotel and it isn't nice outside?

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