I fell in love with Julia Morgan back in high school, only I didn't know it at the time. Sometime in the early 80's, I was out in Southern California for a swim meet and, after the event, my family took a trip north from LA up the PCH. I can't recall how far we got or every place we went, but none of that mattered once I developed my first true case of pool lust: we visited the Hearst Castle in San Simeon and I saw the incredible Neptune and Roman pools. As I wasn't bold

I really wanted to make this milestone - 25% of the way towards the goal - a special, if not iconic pool. I got some really good suggestions for pools from my last post and have added them to my 'pool bucket list,' but my travels are not likely to take me to Missouri or Wenatchee in the near term, I had already swum in the UIC pool, and I didn't think I could wait for the new UBC Aquatic Center to open up. I had almost resolved myself to fill in this important milestone with