Last Saturday, when the temperatures in Boulder were approaching 100, we packed up our towels, sunblock and swim suits and headed to Eldorado Springs pool, a spring fed pool in the tiny town of Eldorado Springs just 15 minutes from Boulder. The pool was built over a 100 years ago as the Eldorado Resort, where well-heeled summer crowds flocked during the early part of the last century. A fire in 1912 burned most of the hotel, but the main features of the resort still stand. The pool is open to the community and it is a popular watering hole for locals as well as tourists. How to describe it? It's a bit run down in an inviting sort of way; the pool is big and cool and clear; the towering metal slide (the last in existence?) is thrilling and a bit dangerous. We found a shady spot on one of the high pool decks, where the turf carpeting is peeling, but the views of the canyon are divine and the fast flowing creek below is very picturesque.
the girls will be hanging in that pool all week - going to camp at eldorado. we'll have to try it out as a family too.
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