So depressed... :(

[ShelleyAnn]

Well, the wind has changed here in the mile-hi city and daytime high's are in the low to mid 80s. Nighttime temps are in the 40s so the pool drops down to about 65-68 by morning. The highest I've been able to get the water with two small solar panels during the day has been 71 and I'm thinking that takes out my 10 and 12 year old and maybe even me. My husband is game down to around 68, but only for a minute or two.

This is our first year having a pool and I had no idea I would enjoy it as much as I have. The feeling of loss is worse than any I ever had with the garden that the pool went on top of. What are we supposed to do over the winter!?

[tenax]

i find anything below 75 intolerable ( i like to "lounge" in my pool versus swim...i shoulda bought a hot tub) i'm in lethbridge alberta..pretty much duo north of you right by the montana border..temps are very similar...i'm surprised you don't have a heater of some kind..or a huge solar array! we have a great week of weather still to come anyway but it is very cool at nights.

are you using a solar cover by the way? it's making a huge difference very noticeable now with cooler night time temps..i've got my heater set at 82-83 and consistently since last week when i started to run it (it's new) the pool is only losing 2 degrees overnight)

[SeanB.]

...i shoulda bought a hot tub

We were initially not going to get a hot tub, but just a water feature with our pool. One of my co-workers who has a pool with a spa told me that a couple of years ago, when we had snow on Christmas Eve in Houston (that NEVER EVER happens), he was out in his spa drinking a beer and watching the snow fall. I was sold! Now I'm looking forward to the spa as much as I am the pool, especially since the pool season will be over just about the time our build is complete.

[tenax]

spas are lovely..i unfortunately don't have a good place to put one (i don't like the looks of above ground units..they look like they are going to get hauled away after the weekend) and my concrete deck would be a paint to punch a hole through i do have a sauna for post swim and it's quite nice..my daughter had some friends over for a swim yesterday and it was 130 in the sauna at least..i thought my face would burn just opening the door. i don't know how they could stand it!

[ShelleyAnn]

Yes, we are very diligent about putting it on our solar cover in the evening and taking it off when the sun gets up. I have some dinky little solar panels I got tricked into (thought I was buying one 4 x 20 and it was really 2 9 x 3s. Kept them because they were versatile and we could move them around easier).

Let's see...it was 68 this morning when I took off the solar cover and now at 2pm it's up to 73. MAAAAAAAAAYbe I'll get in and do a few laps this afternoon.

[matt4x4]

Things got cold fast up here, my pool is 62, AND, to top it all off, I still have to get in to take the weight off the steps and get the steps out - praying for a 2-3 day warm spell here.....