Tosa Pool

Boy, today I am missing that camera cable. I would make a point to go to Hoyt Park and take photo's of the new Tosa Pool. It's magnificent. It's really a beautiful place, that was well executed, and I'm sooo pleased to have it in my community. Today is the grand opening, and lemme tell ya, the weather is SHIT. It's damp, and cloudy and cool, and the usual fare we've been given this spring.

Hoyt Pool is a landmark. The bath house/pavilion has been there since the 1930's. It's really lovely inside with original brass and hardwood, a wood burning fireplace, etc...I have yet been inside the newly remodeled, expanded and renovated building, but I anticipate a first class job, based on what I see on the exterior. It is cape cod inspired, and makes me want to spend long, lazy summer days there.

Here is a blurb from the "Friends o Hoyt Park and Pool":

The wooded acres of Hoyt Park have historically served residents as the site of the “local swimming hole.” More than 100 years ago, people sought out the banks of the expansive Menomonee River. In the 1920s and 1930s, the community swam in the earth-bottom swimming hole filled each summer by the local fire department. In 1937, Hoyt Park was entrusted to Milwaukee County and the Civilian Conservation Corps were engaged to help build the pool, which opened in 1939 and closed in 2003 due to severe structural problems.

I took a walk over to the park and strolled the parameter of the pool, and it's just so inviting with a sand pit area to play and build in, a large play set right in the zero depth pool, complete with slides and climbing/exploring areas, a large tube slide for the bigger "kids", a lap pool. There are gracious Adirondack chairs throughout, plenty of full sun and shaded spots. There is a really large, fully shaded eating spot, with nice tables. All of the covered areas are blue, cool, inviting canopies. It looks like the concession area will have a wide variety of food and snack items.

I feel so lucky to have such a nice park, with hiking trails, and playground, and now this wonderful pool! It brings me to day dreaming about those long lost, childhood days that were so good, they seemed like they'd never end, even though they always did, leading to the next lovely, lazy day.