Daleview members turned out in record numbers this weekend to prepare the pool for opening. They painted tables, mended fences, hacked away at kudzu, power-washed just about everything in sight, moved chairs, gussied up the woods, moved refrigerators, installed shelves, swept, raked, washed out refrigerators, trimmed hedges, whacked weeds, wrestled cinderblocks, pulled weeds, mended the lawn, hung signs.... well, the list goes on.
What a delightful and generous community. For the first time in a long time, we seemed to remember that Daleview is a co-op -- 300-plus member-families, who are co-owners as well as part of an extended family that has audacious summer-long reunions.
So what now? Well, our fate currently is in the hands of a single entity. Washington Gas said they would come to install our gas line on Friday. A worker showed up with a meter, but he was utterly unprepared to connect it to the line that had been dug up for construction. Again on Saturday Washington Gas was supposed to send a crew. It didn't. No gas means no hot water. No hot water means no working showers. No working showers means no permit to open the pool. (Anybody have a friend at Washington Gas?)
Our contractor still has his work cut out for him. Sunday, he watched as plumbers sliced into the cinderblock walls to move some pipes so they'd actually reach the plumbing fixtures. We're still waiting on some of the bathroom partitions.. And the electrician is still pulling wires. Verizon is supposed to show up Tuesday (let's hope they're better prepared than Washington Gas to do their job!).
Whew!
The pools are clean and filling rapidly with water. Our new building is beautiful. Our grounds haven't looked this good in ages. When we aren't biting our nails, we are marveling at Daleview's transformation.
So, will we open next Saturday? We don't know. But I remain hopeful. And I'll keep you posted.
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