Our vacation spot has access to a swimming pool-about 500 steps away.
1000 steps if you are 8 years and under.
We decided that it was more convenient to use the neighboring resort pool, 30 steps away
We called it Operation: Burt Lancaster
(after a 1968 film in which he starred, called The Swimmer-about a successful businessman that decided to swim across the country--trespassing from property to property--where his uninvited presence at backyard pools, country club pools, city pools etc were often met with hostility, disdain, surprise and curiosity.)
We always came in through the beach...hosing off the salty water with care (like regular guests) before jumping into the pool.
For the record, one adult in our party of 7 was a reluctant party to the crime.
Three adults were complicit
("It is almost too easy! I was almost hoping there would be more of a challenge to this...")
and the three children were completely innocent.
Four glorious days of contraband basking poolside before we were suddenly narced out.
A guest, ostensibly unhappy with the riff-raff interlopers ended our reign.
And this is how it came to be that three--THREE brand new signs were erected a mere 8 feet apart that read:
with our contribution to the landscape complete...
walk of shame--check--
we take the extra 470 steps to the legit pool.
