last swim of summer

It's an early fall in Kansas City. Unusually mild temps in August are leading to some colorful trees already. I wonder if we're maybe a month ahead of our typical color schedule.

Our family swims every summer--a lot. Kcrazorback wife and daughter are both excellent swimmers and I can make a relatively large splash. We have a pool in our homeowner's association that we use almost daily during summer. We also have a membership to the city's two pool complexes (think small water parks).

For a month now, the water in the pools has been a little chilly. Usually, it's like a hot tub in August, but not this year. We've had the place to ourselves on a number of occasions because our neighbors apparently prefer to swim in warmer water. Oh well, more for us.

Now that September is here, though, the water temperature and the air temperature both appear to be headed down. We're pretty sure this is the last week before they shut the pools down for the season.

Last night, we went swimming as a family. Already, a cold front from Canada was moving in and since then rainy remnants from Gustav have moved into KC. We won't be able to swim today. I suspect that we won't be able to swim again this summer. It's gone.

Goodbye swimming. We'll see you again in May.