no 5 days not long, actually not a vacation, father having surgery. but i do have some water problems that developed....i have posted that here under the title "swim after bleach" the water is still a slight blue, slight cloudy water (just can't seem to get that cleared up) ph 7.5, chlorine 5.0, ta 180. no neighbor to add the bleach. live in kentucky, weather has been cool the past week, expected to be 80-85, rain expected only one day while i am gone. i do have a heater and vinyl liner