Today we went swimming at Centennial Pool in Greeley. We took the day off -actually a four day weekend for my birthday- and pretended we were kids again. When Britton and I were both young kids -before we ever met each other- we were probably swimming next to each other every day during the summers here in Greeley. Centennial Pool is THE pool to go to. But I hadn’t been there for years.

They had changed a few things since I had last been there. The water slide is still huge, but it doesn’t land in the main pool anymore and it actually kind of hurts your back to go down it. They added a sprinkler “splash” park for the younger kids and removed the baby pool. It still had the diving board and we went off it a couple of times. Britton actually came up with a new dive -the kangaroo cat pounce dive…lol…I wish I had a camera for that one…but you can imagine.  We brought our niece, Summer along for the fun.

Me and Summer -taller than me!

We swam and played around for about 3 hours, ate nachos with carnival cheese like kids, and went and got a cold smoothie later. I was so hungry and thirsty I just downed that smoothie way too fast and ended up with a belly ache while we walked around Sandborn Park afterward. I actually had to lay down in the shade because the sun was making me feel nauseous.

Even with the weird ending it reminded me of all the summers here growing up. The heat, clear blue skies, the smell of sunscreen and chlorine. That flush of red that makes your face glow and the sheer worn out feeling after a long day of playing. We work so much that we sometimes forget all of this is going on around us. It was nice to get out there and have some summer fun in our own town!