Noted both of you (Charmion & Stilly) indomitable do-it-all ladies mention using a pool for exercise. Maybe it is more of a fountain of youth/health than people realize.

I love to be in the water, and have a 90-minute full-body routine, both swimming and working every joint in every direction I can. It makes me feel like a million bucks, and be much more active than most my age.

It has been quite an adventure finding public pools around the country. Many towns just aren't big enough to have one, fair enough. Other towns/cities are run by pool-haters, who personally don't use them and so spend all the rec dollars on grasscutting dozens of ballfields.

Lately parents have been demanding 'something for kids to do in summer', so the fashion is to build an 'aquatic center' which consists of a splash pad water park open for 6 weeks (I am NOT exaggerating) of the year, max water depth 2', ideally with blasting radio on a P.A.

But, real pools are out there, and it is fun to track them down.

So, another thing to be grateful for, having access to a pool!