The cold has killed his braincells.

That is the only explanation I can think of for why Colby thinks this is a day for swimming. The cold hose water has just barely finished filling the pool and in he goes.



On the flip side. I bought a solar blanket (looks like a big blue blanket of bubble wrap) to cover the pool this year. It will protect it from debris and supposedly keep it up to 15 degrees warmer by trapping the heat. We have had it on the pool for the last couple of hours and it does work - the top 3" of the water are very warm, it is once you go below that where the hypothermia sets in.