July 2014

USA pools #342 – #346 (Toronto, Detroit, Toledo, South Bend, Chicago)

Part 1 of our Great American Roadtrip for 2014 began in Albany, New York, then swung north to Toronto, then west through Detroit to Chicago. And there were pools every step of the way. #342 – Gus Ryder, Sunnyside, Toronto, Canada My first Canadian pool and it’s a beauty. Gus Ryder is nestled between the Queen Elizabeth…

USA pools #336 – $341 (Chevy Chase Maryland, Harlem NYC, Rhode Island, Arizona, Nevada, Dodge NYC)

#336 – Chevy Chase YMCA, Maryland There are 50 states in America – everyone knows that. But on my previous visit to Washington, I swam a pool. Good for you, I hear you say. But this pool was in DC, i.e. the District of Columbia which really isn’t in any state. It was carved out of…