Rick & Pauline Gullick  -   Corona De Tucson, Arizona
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pool  

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It's all about Hiring!
First ya gotta hire the bosses!

Spray a little paint where ya want er!
Have to have a local Mason!
Then comes the guy with the shovel
A few forms and guy with re-rod
Oh ya- Supervisor
A few shots of gunite in the right places
A dry run
Juan amd his brothers to set boulders
Almost there
Need a concrete crew for the deck
The cleaning lady!
Add a Kiva for show
Then  get plastered
Add some water
And its a deal
Cleaning lady's back
Oh what fun!

 

Pool Facts


It would seem that living in the desert where summer temperatures reach upper 90's and into the high, a pool is a reasonable expense.

We thought that it would be an almost year round enjoyment, however we found out that the pool season is not that much longer than back in the Midwest. Some time in early May the pools here are starting to be used and they go until about September. The big difference is that the intense summers days make for more of an opportunity.

One day soon after we starting using the pool, I got out of the pool and started shivering. I looked at the thermometer hanging on the wall and it said 103. The air is so dry here that your body skin starts evaporating the water so fast that it feels very cold - very weird!

 

It also serves as a nice, but expensive, landscape feature in our backyard.