Jan, I had a yard growing up, but we had gravel on it. But we had 2 big mulberry trees that were great shade and fun to climb on. But no, I never ran in fields of grass and flowers. The parks would have grass....but it was a risk running barefoot on it because it wasn't thick and soft, and you'd still step on rocks. And it made my skin itch.

Heyjoe, in AZ, we definitely add water to the pools. The sun makes it evaporate pretty quickly. I've never personally had one, but I've seen them do it at the apartments. My friends actually do have a solar cover hahaha.