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Friday, August 28, 2009
Deep Eddy Pool still closed
UPDATE 4:02 p.m. from City of Austin:
Media Advisory
One of the two Deep Eddy Pool pumps will not be restored until Monday, August 31, 2009 and fully functioning possibly until Tuesday, September 1, 2009. However, the deep end of the pool will be opened as of tomorrow, Saturday, August 29 thru Monday, August 31st given there are no problems with the other pump that is working and able maintain this section of the pool.
Earlier:
In case you hadn’t already heard, Deep Eddy Pool is closed due to storm damage, and it sounds as though the recreational side may be closed longer than first expected.
This from Leon Barish, president of Friends of Deep Eddy:
“Lightning caused both pumps to go out. When power was restored, neither pump was working properly. Aquatics hopes to have the downstream pump running so the lap pool can be open for the weekend. The upstream pump will have to be rebuilt which means the timing for re-opening the recreational side is uncertain. We will keep you posted. Thanks for your patience.”
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Water ski, then work
A couple of mornings a week, I zip across the surface of Lake Austin on a water ski.
It’s a habit I picked up five years ago. When I turned 40, I decided to learn how to run a slalom course. A friend, a former state champion water skier, spent the summer teaching me how to zigzag through the series of buoys on a single ski. You have to be aggressive and fearless, but by the end of that summer, I finally did it.
I liked it so much that my husband and I bought a used Ski Nautique and now take it to Lake Austin most Tuesday and Sunday mornings.
Starting a workday by jumping into the water and whizzing down the river behind a boat is bliss. I’ve had a black swan flap just overhead, I’ve watched blue herons fishing on docks, I’ve seen big fish leap out of the water. Between sets, we stop the boat and soak up the early morning beauty.
We ski for an hour or an hour and a half, put the boat back on the trailer and head to work. I’m at my desk by 8:30 or 9 a.m.
This week, we took out Ryan Whaley, a media relations representative for Breckenridge Ski Resort. He’s used to skiing on snow. Or in a very cold reservoir in Colorado, where he likes to water ski. But he was in Austin to meet with journalists, and we offered to show him how we ski in Austin.
When he jumped in to Lake Austin, a smile spread across his face. “It’s like a hottub!” he hollered.
He’s used to lakes with water temperatures in the low 60s, and Lake Austin’s been really warm lately. Whaley’s good, too. He grew up water skiing, and has competed in his home state of Ohio. Watching him scream across the wake behind the boat was like watching a sharp knife slice through butter. At high speeds, of course.
That’s him in the shot above, cruising beneath the Pennybacker Bridge as the sun comes up. That’s me getting ready for a run, below. And my husband Chris, handling boat duties until it’s his turn in the water.
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