Most hot, humid, sticky days in Central Florida are spent in one of few places: indoors, the beach or the swimming pool. I spent most of those days indoors watching television or swimming. As a child we would spend time swimming at my uncle and aunt's pool. If we were not allowed to go to their house we would use an old bath tub or a ditch in the cow pasture. A few years ago my uncle and aunt moved away and the house with the pool was sold. Since I still live in Florida and we still get those hot, humid, sticky days I had to come up with an alternative to the swimming pool. Actually, it was my uncle who invented the "redneck pool" after my sister and I complained about not having a pool to swim in. I live on a cattle and citrus ranch, so we have a diesel pump that pumps water to both the grove and the pasture.
Where the spout comes out of the pump my uncle decided to dig out some of the sand that was in the ditch. He continues to dig it out every few weeks so that we can have a place to swim.
One thing about the "redneck pool" it gives us interesting swimming buddies.
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