Thanks - the three days don't worry me too much, it's more a bunch of upcoming travel. Since you're clearly not a fan of our silly pool (and I say that because I think it's silly too!), what would you do to manage it with some upcoming travel? We'll be gone four days, then back about a week, and then gone another week.

If we go for a more permanent pool, it's likely to be in-ground, and in our neck of the woods, I'm sure it's at least 50k. It's gonna be awhile before we will save that up!