community pool.

so there is a community pool a couple blocks away from our house. 

its actually only sometimes a community pool. 

the other times, its where the marines do their water training. 

they have the tall platforms where they have to jump off in full gear and qualify?

...or something.

but they also have diving boards for regular people!

its a really nice pool, its big and its deep in some places and shallow in others. there's a lap section as well.

jon and i went on friday when he (thank goodness!) got off early. 

as much fun as we were having, its still a pool on a marine base.

"Sir, please don't run on the diving board."

"Sir, please no throwing each other in the pool."

etc...

it was so funny... 

and the pool was NOT busy. 

it was during working hours, and for some reason, there were no kids?

but i kept looking around and thinking umm are we in the 50's..??

NOTHING about that place told me it was 2010.

in the middle/rightish of this picture, you can see that tent of camo. 

the fences were draped in camo, and there were chairs in there.

don't know what that is for.

on the very right you can barely see one of the diving boards.

in between the low dive and high dive are the platforms. they were blocked off.

this is the section of the pool you can just swim around in. 

there are bleachers there with a tin roof. the entire pool was surrounded by that cinderblock wall.

a minute clock. didn't show the time, just the amount of minutes going by.

more tin roofing over picnic chairs. 

and what's a marine training center without pull up bars?

swoon.

his military haircut wasn't helping either. 

besides peoples outfits, i really felt like i had stepped back 55 years, it was so weird!