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Well, good morning to you today.

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I hope you're enjoying this nice brisk morning that we have.

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Little comfortable outside.

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It feels a little thick.

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I was hoping this rain was going to pass, but I think we're going to get stuck with

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So for today, May 20th, looks like it's going to be rain.

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Should be sitting in here around noon.

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And unfortunately, it's probably going to push off our Lady Vols softball game, which

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if you didn't notice last night, they, they took the first game of the NCAA tournament

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rather well, 12-0 run rule by the fifth.

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So that was exciting, exciting to see our men came out in South Carolina last night and

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won their first opening of the series, five to nothing.

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But in case you need something to do this weekend, there is, as always, plenty going

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on.

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We have the sixth annual Beaver Creek float, float, Tilla puts in at the Powell landing

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behind Powell High School and gets out in cars at Roy Arthur Park.

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Gates are open now and the float starts at 9 30.

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The outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center is hosting a sunset paddle down the Tennessee

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River tonight at seven.

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That sounds pretty cool.

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Actually, that'd be pretty awesome.

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And if you want to do either of these events, but don't feel quite up to it yet, the American

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canoe association is teaching kayaking one on one classes all day at seven islands starting

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at 10 o'clock.

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For more information on all the events happening around town today, go to visit Knoxville.com.

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That's visit Knoxville.com.

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You know, I sense a little theme today with all these canoes and kayak activities.

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So let's talk about summer plans and what you can do for fun.

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When the kids are out of school next week, can you believe Wednesday's the last day of

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school for Knox County?

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My kids, we were in Loudoun County, so we're done.

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We're out enjoying summer already.

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A lot of a lot of people will be heading to the beach.

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That's pretty cool.

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But isn't it even more cool to get some rays and splash splash around your own backyard

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community pool, whatever it may be?

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My first guest is the guy that you need to know when it comes to backyard pools.

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He is none other than Tony Campbell, owner of Campbell's Pool and Spa.

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Hey, good morning, Tony.

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How are you today?

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Hey, good morning.

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I'm great.

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How are you?

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Man, I'm actually beautiful.

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Absolutely beautiful.

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As we were talking a little beforehand, I don't have a pool anymore.

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We have a community pool.

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I don't have to take care of it, so I love it.

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But it's probably because I didn't know you then, right?

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Very well possible.

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You know, we were just talking a little bit earlier.

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And one of the things that I think probably happens more so than not is those that get

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discouraged with their pool or their spa comes down to an educational value and knowing

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how to take care of it and well using the sources available to them to fix it.

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I know I've used your retail conglomerate pool works.

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Maybe you just take them a sample of the water and they can tell you what to do to fix it.

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But it seems like people are stubborn like me.

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Well, everybody's got a better way, right?

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Or they got a brother or an uncle that knows this.

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We deal with that a lot.

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YouTube?

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I mean, YouTube's got to fix it.

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Just put some, what, just put some vinegar in it and fix it.

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Yeah, those are bleach in there.

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That's right.

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There you go.

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Yeah, that'll be great.

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That'll be great.

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Let's talk a little bit about some of the new technologies and a lot of what we're seeing.

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Of course, we hear a lot now about salt, salt pools, salt water, the filtration systems,

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et cetera.

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So I guess what I want to know, why has that become such a huge, I guess a huge talking

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point in the pool world?

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Well, salt's not new.

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It's like bell bottom jeans that just came back with a better marketing strategy, right?

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So back 40 years ago when salt came out, it was pretty popular for a little while, but

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it didn't have the marketing to really take it to where it needed to go.

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So yeah, salt is a big thing now, a big, controversial subject when it comes to swim

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pools.

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People seem to think when they have salt water pools, they don't have a chlorine-style pool.

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So in our world, on the building side and the retail side, we have to know all aspects

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of the installation, after installation, how to maintain it because we're dealing with

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a lot of pools that we're not building or servicing, that people are coming in, very

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confused and we have to be able to help them on the retail side on understanding what they've

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And that's the biggest thing.

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Once they understand what they've got, then they can take it from there.

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Pictures, right?

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They're worth a thousand words, aren't they?

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Pictures, and you would not believe how many conversations I've had with people that will

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argue that they do not have a chlorine pool, they have a salt water pool.

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So that really tells me how much they know about what they're doing in that initial conversation.

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And so, and again, and I'm no professional here and I will show my own ignorance, but

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my understanding is, is through this process, is it's basically a chlorination generator

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that's essentially being produced through the filtration.

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That's exactly right.

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So you've got on a salt water pool, you know, people are dumping 3, 400, 500 pounds of table

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salt, not water softener salt, table salt, enter the pool and then it liquefies and you

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know, swimming pool with salt runs about 3,500 parts per million.

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Our body has about 4,000 to 4,400 parts per million.

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The ocean is 4,000 parts per million.

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So in a salt water pool, you should not be able to taste the salt.

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You're basically swimming in a saline bottle.

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But as the salt crystals go through this chlorine generator at the equipment pad, it's got a

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bunch of titanium plates that the energizes the salt crystal.

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So as the salt crystal comes in one side and it's being energized by these titanium plates,

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it comes out as a chloramine or a chlorine gas on the other side.

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So essentially with swimming pools, it's a three step process.

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You have a sanitizer, an oxidizer and an algae side.

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So back when we were kids, we had chlorine tablets.

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We'd throw in a cup of chlorine shock and then we'd have some algae side.

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So the same technology.

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The only difference is the salt system makes the tablet.

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So you don't have to worry about putting a tablet in your chlorinator, your skimmer,

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whatever you may be.

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So it's making chlorine.

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The downside of that is the chlorine that it's producing is making a pH of about 12.0,

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which is very corrosive, scales very much.

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So you've got to be able to put another product in there to keep that at your pH neutral 7.0,

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7.2, which is meretic acid.

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So you've got all these housewives or moms out there, daughters, kids here, it may be

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dumping meretic acid in this swimming pool, not knowing what they're dealing with, right,

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and bringing this pH down.

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So it gets very interesting.

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And we see a lot of things happening with salt, what it does after that process of making

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chlorine.

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Not only do you have a high pH, but you've got the electrolysis as these plates are energizing

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this salt crystal, it's putting the electrolysis out in the water.

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So now you've got this stray electricity out there.

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Interesting story.

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We built a project last year near the TVA towers, the power towers.

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You've got these setbacks.

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Now I was talking to the guy from TVA and telling him what we're doing, and we have

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to have it surveyed by them, and you've got elevations, all the things.

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He goes, listen, I don't see a problem putting the pool here, but you cannot use salt.

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I said, why?

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He goes, because electricity that the salt puts off will interact with the power of these

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electrical towers.

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Turn into a conductor.

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And I thought, wow, I didn't think about that.

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So you get into grounding issues and you got sacrificial anodes.

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There's just so much chemistry that has to happen with salt that people don't have a

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clue what they're doing.

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Right?

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That's what those machines are for, Tony.

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That's what they're for.

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All right, so if your head's spinning like my head is, and you're wondering, why did

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I sleep through that chemistry class in high school or wherever you may have had it?

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Hey, if you've got questions for Tony about your pool or spa, give us a call or text this

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morning, 865-656-8255.

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That's 865-656-8255.

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We'll be right back here on Around the House, a news talk, 98-7 WOKI.

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And welcome back to Around the House.

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If you're just joining us, I have in studio this morning, Tony Campbell from Campbell

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Pool and Spa.

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If you're listening, there is no doubt you have heard that name before.

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Just all of us know of Campbell's Pool and Spa around town.

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Tony, how long have you guys been here in business?

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Well, the family's been doing pool since 1969, and then I opened up Campbell's in the winter

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of 93, so 30 years this year.

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Wow.

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Well, congratulations.

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Thanks.

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I mean, that is that.

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Look, it's easy to start a business, right?

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It's hard to keep a business.

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Yeah, for sure.

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It just is.

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So, in the reason, but some of those things are, it's how you handle service.

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It's how you handle your customers and treat your customers.

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And obviously, that's why so many people know of your business is because they know that

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you guys are, A, the standard for what we need, but B, that you're going to be there.

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And I'm not going to lie to you.

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I've called and reached out to your team before, and I didn't buy my products from you because

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most of them were inherited, you know, but you guys have always been there to help.

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And that's always, to me, is that's the biggest thing, right?

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It's the biggest thing.

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So if you were listening in our first segment, we were talking about salt pools and kind

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of why the rage and where they came from.

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And as Tony explained, well, it's kind of like Bell Bottoms.

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They just came back with a better marketing strategy.

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I like that.

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So we talked a little bit about the salt systems, kind of how they work, what they do.

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So I know, and I've had many of friends who their big deal is, is I'm going to convert

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my current pool to salt.

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Can you walk us through that process?

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Because to me, that just sounds like it's going to be a very tedious and to me, it sounds

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like it's going to take some time to get this to happen.

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Yeah, it's really not.

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Depending on the chemical product that you're using now, if you're using a chlorine, like

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a tablet or whatever, it's pretty easy.

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You're just, again, the salt makes the tablet.

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So when you quit putting the tablet into your vessel, whatever you're doing, and you put

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a salt system on, really, you're just throwing salt in the pool and producing the tablet

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again, right?

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So the conversion is not huge.

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There is some things that we're seeing that's not happening.

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You know, I was talking in the first segment about that stray electrolysis.

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There's a product that we put in line.

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It's called a sacrificial anode, which is absorbing all of that stray electrolysis.

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So we get a lot of aftermarket people are just, you know, ordering online, putting salt systems

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in YouTube and for your comment and about how to do it.

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And they're missing several steps.

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And so to convert for your question, you're just simply installing a salt generator at

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the equipment pad, getting your water tested and adding the salt.

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And then you're continuing the chlorine system in your swimming pool.

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I love it.

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We're continuing your to chlorinate your salt pool.

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Exactly.

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Well, but again, right?

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I mean, good marketing, but you know, at the end of the day, I know what I enjoy about,

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like our community pool is it was converted to salt.

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And it seems like to me that it is, it's less invasive as far as any of the chemical smells

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or running into the fact that whoever's taking care of the pool this week, they put too much

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of this in, they took, you know, so it seems like there's a little more stability in the

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balance of the chemicals that would that be accurate?

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Well, you're continually producing chlorine, so therefore you're not when you, you know,

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running out of a tablet or whatever, you're having to put another tablet in it.

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This thing's always making chlorine.

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Just keeping it stable.

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So that's kind of the thing.

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People look out their back window, they see their pool looks crystal clear.

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They're telling their neighbor, I got a salt system.

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I don't have to touch it.

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And then we get the call.

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Hey, this, what's going on?

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This is breaking.

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Why is my concrete pitting?

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Why is the coping flaking or why is it loose?

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Why do I have this white stuff coming out of my tile?

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Why is my plaster cracking?

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I mean, there's so many things that happens when that clear body of water is sitting in

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your back water, back yard that you can't see.

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I will say this, if you, if you're managing your salt water pool like you're supposed

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to be, it's a good product, but 99% of people don't.

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I mean, it's like the new car, you get a new car, you wash it every week for six months

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and you don't wash it for twice a year.

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And so the way the swim pool world works, the people with new pools, they're taking

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care of them, doing everything we're teaching them for the first year.

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The second year it goes by 50%.

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And by the year three, you know, they're looking out the back window.

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It looks great.

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Kids are swimming, but they're wanting to know why their eyes are itchy and they're burning

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and their hair turning green and, but their water looks beautiful.

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Right.

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Well, that's, that's the problem we're running into assault.

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Sure.

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And, and I, again, I've already confessed this to you, but that was, you know, one of

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the things when we had a swim, a boy, I bought a house that had an above ground pool that

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was in it.

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And it, and really I kind of, I went to a couple of places.

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I went to your shop.

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They gave me some good ideas, but it was kind of like, well, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's

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almost seemed like I just needed somebody to come out, look at it and tell me, cause you

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know, well, how many gallons is your pool?

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Well, crap.

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I don't know.

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It was in here when I bought the house, you know, how do I figure that out?

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Well, you know, how big is it?

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Then you can do the math and, uh, you know, obviously as you can tell, I'm not real good

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with chemistry.

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And math is a good suit, but I just need to formula.

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So, you know, it seemed like there was a lot of moving parts and, and it would just, it

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would get to the point in time.

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Math is busy and I'm like, okay, well, I need to do something to the pool.

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And I throw us a little bit of this, a little bit of that.

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And, and like you said, you know, you might have some burning eyes for a couple of days,

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but hey, you know, you be hot.

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Shake it off.

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Right?

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I mean, I'm old, right?

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You know, sucking up buttercups, you know, but, but that's not really the ideal way to

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do it.

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And, uh, I know, you know, you guys have a lot of tools to help customers.

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I mean, obviously service, you can alleviate all of these problems just by calling Tony

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and his team and they'll just come take care of it for you anyways.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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We'll come out a week.

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Please preferred check the water, a vacuum brush, you know, do all the things that we're

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supposed to do to maintain your pool, which we're telling the homeowners to do.

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Right?

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I mean, it takes 15, 20 minutes a week to maintain a pool.

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It really does.

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Now, when you get a storm or, or something like that, or you've got, um, chemical

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issues because you've not been your job, normally when the pool gets out of whack, it's most

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of the time because somebody's not been maintaining it properly.

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You know, and you've got these one offs where, you know, people don't understand when they're,

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they've got a boat and then they've got a pool.

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We've got a lot of that going on or there are the pools built on a lake.

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People go swimming in the lake.

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They'll come back to the jump in a pool.

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They just brought all the algae, all the, all the bacteria from the lake and their swimming

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trunks to the pool and now they're fighting this, uh, algae bloom that they're got and

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they don't understand what happened.

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We run into that a lot.

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So, you know, pools are very delicate, uh, to keep them crystal clear, uh, bodies of

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water that you have to be managing on a weekly basis for sure.

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And I remember when, when I was growing up, we would, uh, we would go to a community pool

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and before they would let you in a community pool, I'm going to tell you they were, I

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mean, buddy, they were, they were strict.

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You, you had to shower before you hit the pool.

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I mean, they would not let you in.

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I mean, and, and to speak to kind of what you're, you're referring to is that, you know, you're

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bringing your, I guess I'm just going to say it this way, but we are bringing the imbalance

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to the pool when we get in it.

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Absolutely.

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You know, and, and a lot of that, just like with a hot tub, um, you know, and we're going

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to, we're going to talk about some hot tub stuff.

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I got, I'm going to tell you my hot tub story.

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You're, you may just get a kick out of it, but you know, our bodies are inducing so many

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different chemicals and so many different things into the water.

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Right.

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We all know that our skin constantly comes off.

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Right.

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We know that.

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So when you're in the water, it's no different.

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It comes off.

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So I think in, in like with me, that's one of the things that I do pretty good with my

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hot tub now, but that's what I have learned over the years is that I have to be aware

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of I'm inducing the imbalance.

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And so after I get out of it, that's when I need to be mindful that, you know, like

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with the, the, the spa, you know, there's some stuff we can dump a little bit in there

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to after you get out and, um, I forget what it's called now, but you, you know, those

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are the little things that we think of.

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So when you have a simple pool and you have a big pool party, well, what you normally

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do to maintain your, your pool versus after you just had 30 people in your pool, it's

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going to be a little different next week.

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Absolutely.

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Let's call it a bath or load.

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Absolutely.

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So, you know, we, we've always got to be mindful of those different things and those different

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pieces.

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So, um, and I'm going to ask real quick.

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So how, how busy are you now in the new construction world?

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I know, you know, COVID got here and everybody wanted a swimming pool.

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Yeah.

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Uh, it's busy.

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It's crazy busy, but you know, we're still not where we were pre 2008, you know, it's

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a, as an industry and a whole, we're about 50% of where we were pre 2008.

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So the difference is, um, we're extremely busy, but we don't have the help we need to

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help us overcome the busyness.

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That's the, so it, it's a different, it's a different world.

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Sure.

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Yeah.

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What, uh, how, how far out are you guys on a pool start at this point?

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If somebody came to you and Hey, we want to, we want to do a pool.

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Yeah.

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Depending on the project, we're, we're probably eight to 10 months out before we can start

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the process.

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Okay.

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So it's come down a little bit, right?

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Cause what you guys were running and, and I don't know if, if you ever shut yours

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off or not, but I know a lot of companies shut them off and they were running almost

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16, 18 months.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Now we, we're, we're one of the guys that build year round.

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We have to, I cannot convince the utility company to quit paying, but quit sending me

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bills in the winter.

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But so we have to pay him, right?

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But now we build year rounds and we were probably 16, 18 months behind at one point

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in time.

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Yeah.

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Well, again, like I said, I know that, uh, you know, I mean, going through what we went

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through as a nation and dealing with a COVID and, and, and all those, I know a lot of people

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decided that they were going to take on, they wanted to build a pool, um, because, you know,

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you couldn't go anywhere else.

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And, and, you know, so it's like everything, right?

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Something good can come out of everything that happens.

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And, uh, obviously I think that, uh, I think we learned how to enjoy each other in our

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own space a little bit, uh, which I think is good.

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So, uh, pools and backyards and outdoor living.

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Uh, we all have always enjoyed that here in East Tennessee.

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And much like many others, that, that's what's so attractive to, to so many, but, uh, that's

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what's, to me, I think is one of the great things with you guys.

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I've seen many of your projects actually.

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And it, you know, you don't go into it just to put in a swimming pool, you know, you're,

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you're creating an environment, uh, an outdoor living environment.

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And, you know, yeah, I'm sure absolutely sometimes it's just where it's going to go

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dumping a pool, you know?

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Uh, but for the most part there is a lot more thought that goes into that swim.

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Well, as you mentioned, you know, understanding the electricity, understanding the surroundings,

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um, runoff is always, you know, a contributor in, um, yeah, I would imagine even having

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conversations about mowing your grass, you know, uh, are things that come into play.

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So, Hey, if you've got questions about your pool or if you want to pool or need to have

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your pool service, give us a call, give us a text, eight, six, five, six, five, six,

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eight, two, five, five.

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I've got Tony Campbell here in studio.

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He would love to answer all of your questions and get you on the right track for this summer

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to enjoy your outdoor swimming pool.

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We're going to be right back here on around the house.

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The news talk, 987 W okay.

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Welcome back to around the house.

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I am Scott Brokamp, founder and co-owner of his security and technology right here in

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Knoxville, Tennessee, and I am speaking with another local business owner, Mr. Tony Campbell

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from Campbell's pool and spa.

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Tony and his family have been here for many years.

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And as Tony mentioned in one of our previous segments, they are celebrating 30 years this

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year.

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Uh, congratulations again, Tony.

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That is, that is a huge milestone for sure.

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Uh, again, if you have questions about taking care or maintaining your pool or spa, feel

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free to give us a call or text 865-656-8255.

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We would love to hear from you here this morning.

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Uh, so I alluded to it before we went to break that I had a spa story that I wanted to share.

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Um, and so, and I'm sure I may not be alone in this, but maybe they just be me.

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I'm weird.

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Um, so we, we had bought a new spa where we were living and we were, uh, I don't know,

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we'd had it maybe six months or so.

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And it was not in a permanent fixed location and it was somewhere that could be easily

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moved, et cetera.

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So we ended up, we started to build a house and we sold our house and went and moved into

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an apartment and the people who bought our house made it clear.

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They didn't want the hot tub when we thought, well, that's cool.

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You know, we just bought it.

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We didn't want to get rid of it.

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And so I'm like, okay, so what do we do with this thing?

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You know, do I store it?

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Do I, what, what do I do?

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I don't know.

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And what little bit of knowledge I have.

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I'm like, okay, probably one of the worst things is going to be just have this thing

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sit somewhere.

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So I called up a buddy of mine.

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I said, Hey, you want to borrow a hot tub for about a year?

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He's like, sure.

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So I paid to get it moved over there and we got it set up and he kept water in it.

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I think that's about it.

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Right.

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So we got in our new house, we got our hot tub back.

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We were so excited.

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Got it all, you know, cleaned out, filled back up, chemicals were right in it.

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Man, it wasn't about a week later.

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It just, it had a little aroma coming out of it and it just seemed like we could never,

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ever get it right.

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I just, we could just never seem to get it right.

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Could never get it balanced.

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My wife had some issues when we would get out of the tub, took water samples.

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Nobody really ever found anything.

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Cause I think, you know, when you check them, you're checking for levels.

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You're not really kind of digging in.

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Is there a parasite, is there something in here?

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And so I have, I found a product that was kind of a flush.

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They got in there and seemed, I think there was some biofilm that was basically in there

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and, and I think I got that stuff out.

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So, but I guess for me, in that situation, how do you, what's the best way to store hot

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tub?

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Well, the flush part is important.

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I'm impressed that you know the word biofilm.

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I don't want to get to hear people know that word.

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So that's impressive.

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The, so yeah, if you're going, if you're going to, when you drain a hot tub, you're

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just draining the, the main body part of water.

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You're not draining the jets and the motors unless you have a particular brand that does

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have a drain for that.

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So if you're going to store it, I mean, just drain it, take a shot back over each jet,

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suck the water out of it.

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It wouldn't be a bad idea.

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And when, when you go to start it back up, you fill it up, you use the swirl away or

470
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whatever it was you bought, there's a product that flushes the pops and everything.

471
00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,800
And then you, you drain it, do the same thing again, fill it, rinse and do it again.

472
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,640
So I know it seems like a lot, but it's going to prevent what happened to you.

473
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,160
You know, there's a lot of things that can happen in a hot tub whole lot more than a

474
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,160
swimming pool.

475
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:14,500
Cause you're dealing with hot water, bacteria, lous, warm water, hot tub for leaky lous,

476
00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:15,500
lous, hot tub.

477
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,360
So I mean, there's a lot of things that can happen in a hot tub.

478
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:19,360
Yeah.

479
00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:24,840
Well, I mean, you know, careful what you say here, Tony, we've all heard those stories.

480
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,800
No, but you're right.

481
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:33,720
You know, because again, it is, it is a hot water and, and it does it, it breeds, it,

482
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:40,480
it, it's just a breeding ground for parasites and, and, and other things to form.

483
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,520
And I've always wondered like, you know, we got this top and you keep this top on here

484
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,360
all the time and it's just collecting this stuff, you know?

485
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:55,080
So I think to me there's a lot to learn about really taking care of any of it, whether it's

486
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,720
a hot tub, whether it's a pool, et cetera.

487
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:03,440
But you know, I learned that the hard way about finding a good flush product.

488
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,440
What's a good flush product?

489
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,720
I just, I'm just going to ask because I, I'm going to tell you, I searched and searched

490
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:15,000
and searched and I tried a couple and didn't really have many very good results.

491
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000
Yeah.

492
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,640
And I don't remember what the one is that I, that I bought, but you know, it was one

493
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:25,280
of those Amazon searches and, and it had, you know, I'm a, I'm a review reader.

494
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,280
Yep.

495
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,080
And it, it seemed to be pretty good.

496
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,080
So I gave it a shot.

497
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,080
It worked well.

498
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,080
Yep.

499
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,720
So I'm sure you guys sell one over there.

500
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,720
Pool works.

501
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:35,720
Yeah.

502
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,720
A swirl away.

503
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,720
It looks like a blue product.

504
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,240
It works really well for us.

505
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,200
Um, I mean, you could use a highly concentrate of chlorine or bleach or anything like that

506
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,120
to kind of run through the pops to kind of clean them out before you store it or after

507
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:56,800
you get it out of storage, but anything that you can do to get the water circulating, do

508
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:03,080
a high concentrate of chlorine or bromine water, maybe you're using or one of those

509
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,400
products that has some enzymes and stuff like that in there to do would be good, better

510
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,400
than nothing.

511
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:09,400
Right.

512
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,400
For sure.

513
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,400
Right.

514
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,160
Well, I will say I'm, I'm grateful that we, we finally got to the point.

515
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,240
We got to the other side of that on ours and worked through it.

516
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,400
But you know, again, like I said, it was, it was a challenging process because I didn't

517
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,600
really know what was wrong.

518
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,040
I tested the levels, the levels were, were testing good, but we just knew we had a problem,

519
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,600
you know, and, uh, and, and that was it.

520
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:36,120
I didn't, uh, I, I, I, I pride myself on having some pretty good common sense, but apparently

521
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:41,440
I missed it on that one because the flush was really the key to, to getting that right.

522
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:46,600
Um, but I am going to ask, uh, as far as that goes, you know, just like with swimming pools,

523
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:53,400
uh, we hear again, we've talked about the salt and the, the making your own chlorine

524
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,800
from your, your salt, uh, system.

525
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:02,800
But I know in like in the hot tub world, we've, we've got the chlorines and then bromine and,

526
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,160
and then there's this bakwa seal.

527
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,440
Um, there's other products that are out there as well.

528
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,280
Um, is there anything really?

529
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,320
Like people with sensitive skin, obviously you got to be careful on the hot tub because

530
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,200
of the heat and the chemicals, but I know like bakwa seal is, is claims to be a more

531
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,200
gentler type of, of chemical for your spa.

532
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,200
Yeah.

533
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,920
So bakwa seal has been out since the late seventies, early eighties.

534
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:36,280
Um, used to be a huge product in our market, um, for alternative sanitizers.

535
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:42,040
So the main ingredient in the bakwa, bakwa seal line, which is the only true non-chlorine

536
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,800
product that we can sell you for your hot tub or swimming pool.

537
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,400
You've got hydrogen peroxide based oxidizer.

538
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,960
So as you know, peroxide's good, you know, and doves to depend on how you use it.

539
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,040
So it's 27% that you're adding into your pool.

540
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,760
So it's a great oxidizer.

541
00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:02,880
Um, and then the, uh, the bakwa seal project itself, the main ingredient in the bakwa seal,

542
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,720
the big long chemical word that I'm not going to try to announce, but I can tell you it's

543
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,440
done so good so far.

544
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,960
It's the same product that's in the Bosch and Lawn contact clear solution.

545
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,360
So it's 95% less on eye near infection.

546
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:15,480
It's really soft.

547
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,200
It feels good for your skin.

548
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:22,680
Um, great for sensitive skin, burning eyes, all those things, pH neutral.

549
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,600
The downside to it, there's some water mold going back to flushing those pipes.

550
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,880
There's some water mold that can, uh, create in the plumbing.

551
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:36,560
So there's a product that bakwa seal started bringing out called CDX.

552
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:43,040
So you, if you're going to use the bakwa seal product or the, um, soft swim or, uh, spa

553
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,640
guard, whatever it may be, you just want to make sure you're using the full line and not

554
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,000
just part of the line.

555
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:55,040
So as testing's been done, if you're using the CDX, you're not having the water mold

556
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,240
and the gunk that's built up on the filters like we did in the 80s and 90s.

557
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,080
And then, and then it started coming out.

558
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,480
They, they went back to engineering and the chemistry labs and figured out, okay, well,

559
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:09,360
they've got a, uh, solution for the water boat.

560
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,800
So the CDX is something that needs to go with bakwa seal.

561
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,600
Now we saw that trend of bakwa seal kind of go out in the nineties and 2000s.

562
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:22,200
A salt came up and, um, salt kind of, you know, took the market by storm.

563
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,000
And then everybody's looking for the easy button, right?

564
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,520
Everybody's wanting to, Hey, what can I put on my pull?

565
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,000
I never have to do anything.

566
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,360
Well, unfortunately there's not.

567
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:35,080
There's nothing that does that, but UV and ozone, uh, we, we introduced in this market

568
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:41,320
about 15 years ago has become really, really popular because the people with salts, um,

569
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:45,160
are thinking they have a maintenance free pool until it really cost them a lot of money

570
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,600
to fix.

571
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:51,600
So the UV ozone is kind of replacing that easy button to make it the probably least

572
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,560
amount of maintenance we could sell or put it's install on a swimming pool.

573
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,080
So what, what is, what is that?

574
00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,080
It's, it's lighting.

575
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,080
It's just light.

576
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,080
So it's a series of lights.

577
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,280
So UV is ultraviolet lights.

578
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:07,200
So you've got this canister that has ultraviolet lighting in it bulbs.

579
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,400
So water's passing by it and it's, it's treating the water with ultraviolet lights, which is

580
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,300
a great sanitizer.

581
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,320
So there's your sanitizer.

582
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,800
Remember me talking about the three steps?

583
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:17,800
Yeah.

584
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,800
So there's your sanitizer.

585
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,960
It's, it's creating a natural sanitizer for your body.

586
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,040
We're like kind of like an aquarium.

587
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:25,640
Then we're introducing ozone.

588
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:30,200
So we've got a black light over here that we're pulling the CO3 off of and injecting

589
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,760
it into the pool.

590
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:32,760
There's your oxidizer.

591
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,400
So we're oxidizing 24 seven naturally.

592
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,160
We're treating the pool naturally with ultraviolet light.

593
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,560
So now the third component would be what do we do for the algae side?

594
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:46,720
So when we're installing this UV ozone, we have another product called the frog system,

595
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:52,360
which is a mineral system canister that has a zinc and silver capsule.

596
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:58,320
So the water's been transferred through that, the silver kills bacteria and the zinc is

597
00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,440
an algae side.

598
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,920
So the zinc is, is our algae side and those capsules last about six months.

599
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:08,640
So therefore you've got your sanitizer, your oxidizer and your algae side and you're not

600
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,440
having to do nothing.

601
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,760
But alone it can't do it.

602
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:17,360
So you still have to have a little bit of chlorine and the amount of chlorine that we're

603
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,480
having to introduce is less than your drinking water.

604
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,240
So it's 0.5 parts per million, which comes from the frog system.

605
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:28,480
The thing about the UV ozone system that people don't understand is it's the only product

606
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,720
that we have that will kill a crypto spritian.

607
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:34,720
A crypto spritian is the bacteria that comes from human waste.

608
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:38,720
So when you go to the commercial pool or your H.O.A. pool and it's closed down for 24 hours

609
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:44,240
because some kid, you know, decided to have an accident and they shut it down for 24 seven

610
00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:49,360
because you got to go through a series of chlorine super chlorinating to kill it.

611
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,800
If you had UV ozone, it kills crypto spritian immediately.

612
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,520
So that bacteria.

613
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,200
So that's another big thing that we're seeing and it's man, it's pH neutral.

614
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,680
It's there's not a negative.

615
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,680
I have yet to find a negative.

616
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:04,680
Wow.

617
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,400
So there you have it.

618
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:14,000
There's the closest you're going to get to a maintenance free swimming pool.

619
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,720
And you're just basically making it a natural process.

620
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:18,720
Exactly right.

621
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:23,120
And that's quite frankly to me is, I mean, it doesn't really get any better than that.

622
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:28,760
So again, if you've got questions for Tony Campbell before he heads out here this morning,

623
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:34,240
give us a call or text 865-656-8255.

624
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:38,400
Maybe you just need to set up a service contract to have Tony and his crew come take care of

625
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,040
your pool.

626
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,560
They're happy to do that.

627
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,240
You can check them out at Campbell pools.com.

628
00:35:45,240 --> 00:36:04,920
We'll be right back here on around the house on news talk 987 W okay.

629
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,400
Welcome back to around the house.

630
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:13,360
If you're sitting around your house today, maybe you're sitting around your pool.

631
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:20,280
You're looking at a beautiful sparkly blue swimming pool this morning and you're thinking,

632
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,440
man, how am I going to make sure I keep this thing working the way I need to for a long

633
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:26,440
time to come?

634
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:31,600
Well, you're in luck because we have Mr. Tony Campbell from Campbell's pool and spa

635
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,080
right here in studio.

636
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:40,920
And he's been spreading joy all morning telling us exactly what you can do to keep your pool

637
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,440
or hot tub in good working order.

638
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,160
So Tony, thank you for joining us this morning.

639
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:53,800
Other than your website again, that's camelspool.com.

640
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:59,000
So Campbell's with an S pool with an S camelspool.com.

641
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,560
What's the best phone number to reach you guys at Tony?

642
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:08,320
A 65584-3607 and be sure you listen to the prop so you get to the right place.

643
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,040
You got to get to the right place as always.

644
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:20,040
So Tony, before we kind of wrap up here this morning, I know that there seems to be an influx

645
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:26,520
again of fiberglass pools, prefabs, pre-mades.

646
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,600
Benefits pros, cons?

647
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:36,560
Benefits would be typically their installations quicker, maintenance free.

648
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,520
It's probably the least maintenance free we can build, swim pool wise because of the surface

649
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,600
product, the fiberglass acrylics.

650
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,600
That would be the pros.

651
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,440
The cons would be color selection.

652
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,400
There's probably only nine, but really I'm going to take that equation because the colors

653
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,480
are pretty cool.

654
00:37:55,480 --> 00:38:00,160
Shapes and sizes, you're limited to what the step configuration or the bench configuration

655
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,160
may be.

656
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,880
The depth might be.

657
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:08,360
And there's some other cons that I've heard from homeowners after the installation.

658
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:13,320
One being the product is very slick, so when they go to step on it, how can we fix the

659
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,560
slickness?

660
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,760
Pools that we build, we have the factory sand the steps down to help that have a grit to

661
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,320
it, but still it's a little slick.

662
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,840
And secondly, when they jump in, they hit the bottom of the echoes like a bathtub.

663
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,320
I said, well, it kind of is a big bathtub.

664
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,760
I mean, it's kind of what you got.

665
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,880
But I will say if I was going to get into the business today, it would be fiberglass

666
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,280
pool repair.

667
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,040
There's so many pools being built.

668
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,240
If you're seeing them on interstate every day, and there's so many people that don't

669
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:49,480
have a clue what they're doing, putting them in and just creating a massive construction

670
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,880
project in your backyard is really going to be a lifelong thing because it wasn't done

671
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,880
properly.

672
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,840
We're seeing a lot of that going on right now.

673
00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:03,400
Well, and I would say I spent some years living in Southwest Florida and they're very popular

674
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:04,400
in Southwest Florida.

675
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:10,160
Very, because, you know, again, like you said, the installation is pretty quick and easy.

676
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,440
I think probably a lot of it has to do with the water table.

677
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:20,640
But I know one thing, you never want to leave one empty.

678
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,400
I mean, if you've never seen one pop out of the ground before, it is kind of a sight to

679
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:31,560
see, but it is relying upon the weight of the water to keep that thing in place.

680
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:37,160
I learned that and most people only learn that from experience.

681
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,320
So interesting little tidbit.

682
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,600
Tony, man, thank you so much for hanging out with me this morning.

683
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:43,720
I really appreciate it.

684
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:48,360
Again, if you have questions and need some help with your pool or spa, definitely give

685
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,720
Tony and his team a call.

686
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:56,720
You can visit their retail locations as well, which is Pool Works and they're there to be

687
00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:00,240
able to help serve you with all of your needs.

688
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:07,160
And so as we look at wrapping up our number one, as we have started doing here, we have

689
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,320
the topic of the day.

690
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:13,160
And Tony, this may interest you a little bit being that we were talking a little bit.

691
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:18,360
You mentioned you, you're kind of a boat fella.

692
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,880
Today is National River Cleanup Day.

693
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:27,080
And if you've been listening to this show regularly, you'll know that we have great

694
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:30,440
friends that keep the Tennessee River beautiful.

695
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:36,720
Kathleen Gibby is always been a huge joy to have on our show and very enlightening.

696
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:42,560
So, but we just, we just got through talking with Tony about the importance of clean water

697
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:43,880
in your pool.

698
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,040
So there's a sunset paddle down the Tennessee River tonight.

699
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:53,800
And that brings us to again, National River Cleanup Day.

700
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:58,280
River Cleanup Day is a movement that began about 30 years ago to help keep America's

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waterways clean and litter free.

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Here in East Tennessee, we have keep the Tennessee River beautiful.

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00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:12,520
The first Keep America beautiful affiliate in the nation to focus solely on a river.

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I'm pretty sure I think Kathleen's going to join us at some point this morning here by

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00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:22,920
phone, but if not, I will say this.

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00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:30,960
When I had, when Kathleen was here on the show not long ago, she mentioned a lot of,

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00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:36,600
well, kind of like Tony got into this chemistry stuff.

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And there's bioplastics that develop in our waterways.

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00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:51,200
But just the amount of trash that her and their, and her team actually pulls out of

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00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:56,800
our waterways is absolutely phenomenal.

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And if I remember, I forget how many tons of trash she said that they typically bring

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00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:07,320
out, but it is a volunteer type of organization.

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00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:11,200
Again, that is keep the Tennessee River beautiful.

714
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:18,400
And it encompasses not just Tennessee, it encompasses roughly, if I remember correctly,

715
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:25,760
I think she said they cover five or six different states, following our rivers all the way down

716
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,360
to where they enter into the Gulf.

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00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:37,720
But just the amount of plastics that end up getting polluted into our waterways is just

718
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:38,720
crazy.

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00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:41,160
And it's not, a lot of it is just, we don't think.

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00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:46,200
It's not like I was on the water and I threw something out of a boat or I'm on the edge

721
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:47,520
of the water.

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00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:52,840
So many things that when you deposit trash or things get loose, they blow.

723
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And you know where they end up?

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00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,320
They end up where the water goes.

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00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:57,320
Why?

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Because everything naturally is designed to get water to run to those areas.

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And so when you're going about your day to day and you have a little something that you

728
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:12,960
need to dispose of, make sure that it's securely in a disposal container, make sure it's in

729
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,600
a good garbage can with a lid.

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00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:22,360
That is so important because again, it ends up in our waterways.

731
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:27,840
So we're going to come back and we're going to talk a little bit more about today being

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National River Cleanup Day.

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And I know it's nice and beautiful where you're at.

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00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:38,160
And you can thank our friends at Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful.

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00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:42,920
We are going to be right back and hopefully we'll get Kathleen on the phone and we'll

736
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:48,000
thank you again, Tony, for coming in and sharing with us your experience and your chemistry

737
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:53,520
skills about how to keep your pool beautiful just as our rivers are as well.

738
00:43:53,520 --> 00:44:10,000
We'll be right back here on around the house on news talk 987 W okay.

739
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,800
Well good morning to you.

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00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:14,800
Welcome.

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00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:20,360
If you are listening the first hour, you know, we had Mr. Tony Campbell from Campbell's

742
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:24,720
Pools and Spa in the house this morning.

743
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:34,000
And before he left as we ventured into our topic of the day is National River Cleanup

744
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,160
Day.

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And as many of you know, one of our good friends from the show, Ms. Gibby is from Keep the Tennessee

746
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:44,840
River Beautiful.

747
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:52,440
And they are an amazing organization that really they do so much, they do so much to

748
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:59,280
keep our waterways clean and clear and enjoyable for all.

749
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:04,000
And I mentioned before we went to break that I couldn't recall how many states that they

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00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:09,040
service and it's actually seven states that they service.

751
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:18,280
And when you think about that, just the amount of water and waterways that they are actually

752
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:23,880
going through in helping to preserve and keep clean.

753
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:28,720
It's simply it's really simply phenomenal.

754
00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:33,560
When she was with us on the show, not long ago, I guess it's been a month or so ago.

755
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:42,200
We talked about the boats and the tons and tons of waste that is is removed from our

756
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:43,840
waterways and our rivers.

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00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:48,240
And when we talked about that, you know, it's again, I don't want people to get the impression

758
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:52,160
that we're like, oh, you know, everybody's a litterbug, because it's not it.

759
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:57,880
You know, it's that when things are built in our roads are constructed and neighborhoods

760
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,480
are developed as everything is designed and built.

761
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:07,600
It is designed to have a runoff value in that runoff value is is to most importantly to

762
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,000
get the water to runoff.

763
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:13,120
But the thing is, is that all these items get included in that water when it's running

764
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:18,640
off and it ends up being pollutants in in our waterways.

765
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:27,040
So as you're out and about today, just be mindful, be mindful of the things that we do.

766
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:35,320
And well, as as we talk about around my house, be mindful of what and how you do because

767
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:41,400
every little thing that you do always has a consequence and it always affects others.

768
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,680
And so we just want to be mindful of that today.

769
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:51,600
So I'm sure Kathleen is is probably patrolling the waterways and her skiff right now and

770
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:59,720
and is is really seriously making an impact for us to enjoy the beautiful water that we

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00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:04,040
have here in East Tennessee.

772
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:12,400
So you know, I wish I could tell you that it was going to be a beautiful, sunny day

773
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:13,400
today.

774
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:18,440
And unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to be.

775
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:23,280
And my little girl has we have a softball tournament today and I'm hoping we get through

776
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,040
it before the rain gets here.

777
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,720
So I'm rooting for that.

778
00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:33,680
And then of course, our Lady Vols are playing today at one o'clock.

779
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:38,600
They won their opener for the NCAA tournament last night.

780
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:46,440
We faced North Kentucky and today we will face the University of Indiana.

781
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,560
They played a pretty good, pretty good game yesterday.

782
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:55,600
We were was able to enjoy that and take that in in the beautiful sunshine unlike today.

783
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,920
So hey, if you're out and about today, just remember there is a good chance that you may

784
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,560
get a little liquid sunshine coming down on us today.

785
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:08,080
So let's not forget today is National River Cleanup Day.

786
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:11,440
Adopt a river mile, adopt a storm drain.

787
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:16,840
There are many ways that you can get involved to help keep the Tennessee River beautiful

788
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:17,840
organization.

789
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:22,060
All right, there is also a boatload of other things going on today.

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00:48:22,060 --> 00:48:27,000
We have the sixth annual beaver Creek float Dilla puts in at the Powell landing behind

791
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:31,800
Powell High School and gets out in cars at Roy Arthur Park.

792
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,920
Gates are currently open now and the float starts at 930.

793
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,760
The outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center is hosting a sunset paddle down the Tennessee river tonight

794
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:41,760
at seven o'clock.

795
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:47,480
And if you wanted to do either of these events, but you don't feel quite up to it yet, the

796
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:54,720
American Canoe Association is teaching kayaking 101 classes all day today at seven islands

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00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:57,000
starting at 10 o'clock.

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00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:03,880
For more information on all the events happening around town today, go to visit Knoxville.com.

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That's visit Knoxville.com.

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00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,560
We're continuing our conversation.

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One all the fun things that you and your family can do once the kids are out of school.

802
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:20,120
And if you're lucky enough to be like me and live in Loudoun County, your kids are already

803
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:24,840
out for the second hour of around the house.

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00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,360
We have pulled out the big guns.

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00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:31,960
There is no one more influential to the success of tourism and special events in Knoxville

806
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:37,440
than this particular woman right here here to fill us in on a full slate of summer fun

807
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:41,960
around town is the president of Visit Knoxville, Ken Bumpas.

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00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,240
Hey, good morning.

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00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:44,240
Good morning.

810
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:45,240
Thanks for having me.

811
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:46,240
Absolutely.

812
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:51,440
So, you know, I joked about it when you got here, but I'm just telling you, I mean, there's

813
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:52,880
so much happening going on.

814
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:57,440
I ought to just hand the microphone off to you and just call it a day.

815
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:03,920
But let me tell you, if you're listening right now, you can get all this information at visit

816
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:09,960
Knoxville dot com, but if you're old school, get your pen, get your paper and get ready

817
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,760
because there is a lot happening.

818
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,120
So Kim, how are you today?

819
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:16,440
I'm doing good.

820
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:21,720
You know, we we're coming off a slew of events and now we're getting ready to go into the

821
00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:22,720
summer event.

822
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:24,320
So I'm just excited.

823
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,240
It's here and it's time.

824
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,400
There's always a slew of events with you guys.

825
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:29,400
There really is.

826
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,480
And I just want to say this.

827
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:32,480
Thank you.

828
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:39,120
Thank you so much because you make it so easy for individuals to go to one place to essentially

829
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:43,520
figure out and find out what in the heck is happening around this beautiful town and we

830
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:44,520
call Knoxville.

831
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:46,040
Well, I appreciate that.

832
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,760
And we try to, we try to do our best, but it is a lot of events.

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00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,200
So it's constant management for sure.

834
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,200
Absolutely.

835
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:58,600
So speaking of events, World's Fair 40th celebration is on May 21st.

836
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,080
So that's tomorrow.

837
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:02,080
Tell us about it.

838
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:03,080
Definitely.

839
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:07,360
So really the 40th was last year.

840
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,080
So but we do have a lot going on.

841
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:16,160
So we have the visit Knoxville open that we're getting ready for right now.

842
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,960
And so that's exciting.

843
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:25,000
It kicks off with the programs on Monday and then tournament play is Thursday through Sunday

844
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,240
of next week.

845
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:34,040
So that's May the 25th, I believe is Thursday and people can get passes for the tournament

846
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:38,320
at Holston Hills, which is super, super awesome.

847
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:44,160
Visit Knoxville kind of partnered up with the PGA to take over the branding opportunities

848
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:48,360
and the exposure of the Knoxville open a few years ago.

849
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:50,280
So we're really excited about it.

850
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:57,040
It's super, super economical for a day past $25 for the whole weekend.

851
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,720
There's going to be like CJ's tacos, Oakwood barbecue.

852
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:06,200
And you can really know before you go and see it all at visit Knoxville open.com.

853
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:07,200
Awesome.

854
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:11,000
So what else do we have coming up?

855
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:15,160
I mean, like I said, I know you've got there is absolutely just a list.

856
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:19,320
I mean, you could probably spend an hour just poking around on the website.

857
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,360
And I'm just going to say again, I'm going to brag about your website because it is

858
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:29,480
broke down into ways that you can simply find things that well, quite frankly, you're interested

859
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:36,400
in things are broke out based on different types of events, theater, community events,

860
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:44,360
festivals, all sorts of different ways to make it simple and easy for you to find what's

861
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:51,720
going to fit you in your family best for well, quite frankly, months to come.

862
00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:52,720
100%.

863
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:58,120
So our website is really designed for both visitors and Knoxvillians, which I think is

864
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,240
what makes it awesome.

865
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:04,120
And we also have probably the most comprehensive event calendar.

866
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:09,520
So you really can get on there and know before you go playing your whole day, your whole

867
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:10,840
weekend, everything.

868
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:16,400
And speaking of weekend, since we kind of talked about the weather today, today is the

869
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,600
kickoff of Dogwood Art, Southern Skies.

870
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:20,840
Tickets are still available.

871
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:25,080
I think by the time the music starts, the rain will have come and gone.

872
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:29,640
They're also playing music all day tomorrow, which looks to be quite beautiful.

873
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:34,640
You have the Children's Festival of Reading happening right now, the Water Lantern Festival,

874
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:38,680
which is quite as just as interesting as it sounds.

875
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:44,040
So, and then you also have Open Streets this weekend on Sunday, which is again, weather

876
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,400
looks to be perfect.

877
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,200
So that's exciting.

878
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,200
I actually, I misspoke.

879
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,800
Don't anyone run out to go to Open Streets?

880
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:57,560
Open Streets is actually weekend of the first weekend in June partnered up with Bike Boat

881
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,800
Broom Bark, but we'll get to that.

882
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:05,000
So I literally just fast-tracked through the entire VK Open.

883
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,600
So sorry to view to my trick everyone on that one.

884
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:11,840
But there is a lot going on this weekend, which is exciting.

885
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,240
And then like I said, the VK Open is getting ready to happen.

886
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:16,680
I kind of did those highlights.

887
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,120
And then we literally go through the VK Open.

888
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:24,360
We have Memorial Day, which is on Monday, which everyone will be excited to kind of

889
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:25,600
take a breath.

890
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:32,000
But we go right into Bike Boat Broom Bark, which is an amazing community-driven event

891
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,120
for both visitors and Knox Villians.

892
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,800
So, tell us a little bit about that event.

893
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,800
What can we expect from that event?

894
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:46,320
And for those like me who have never been to the event, what is it all about?

895
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:47,880
And what can we expect from that?

896
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:52,600
Well, I think what's really cool about this event is we created it.

897
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:59,400
It's been around quite a long time, like pre-COVID, which is kind of a weird way to define time.

898
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,480
But it is how we do it sometimes.

899
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:02,480
It is the new standard.

900
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:03,480
It is.

901
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:04,480
It's pre-COVID.

902
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:10,440
We developed Bike Boat Broom Bark in partnership with an event we used to have that we don't

903
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:11,960
have anymore.

904
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:18,280
But this is about highlighting every one of those words, bike, boat, brew, and bark, and

905
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,840
what those words mean to Knoxville, Tennessee.

906
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:26,640
So we've really honed in on that first Saturday in June each year, and we run this event from

907
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:31,560
10 to 3, and there's all kinds of cool stuff that we kind of tell you the story of how

908
00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:36,400
bike-friendly, what the river in today is national cleanup day.

909
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:43,480
So that's also ties in what the waterways mean to Knoxville, how much microbreweries

910
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:48,920
mean to tourism in general, and then how pet-friendly are, which we define it with the word bark.

911
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:49,920
There you go.

912
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:50,920
Awesome.

913
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,480
Well, hey, we're going to take a short break, and then we're going to come back and tell

914
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:59,480
you about what else you can do for the next, well, next couple of months to come here with

915
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:03,440
Kim Bumpus from visit Knoxville.com.

916
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:19,680
We'll be right back here on Around the House on News Talk 98-7 WOKI.

917
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:22,640
Welcome back to Around the House.

918
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:31,440
I am Scott Brokamp from his security and technology, and well, if you wanted to take a step back

919
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:38,280
from technology and just enjoy people and life, I have the best source for you to find

920
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:43,600
out what's going on, and that is Kim Bumpus from Visit Knoxville in the house this morning

921
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:49,240
trying to keep me in line, not working real good, but hey, we're going to give it a shot.

922
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:55,840
So right before we left for the break, we were talking about the bike, boat, brew, and

923
00:56:55,840 --> 00:57:02,440
bark event that is coming up, and that is a huge event with so much to know.

924
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:09,080
So we're going to keep talking about it because it's a free event, and well, quite frankly,

925
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:16,760
it reaches a lot of different, I guess, just a lot of different groups of people that maybe

926
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,920
you wouldn't think about coming together so much, right?

927
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:25,400
Definitely, and I think it's kind of awesome because it's a perfect way if you are a Knox

928
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:30,880
Villian or if you have family in town that doesn't really know what Knoxville is all

929
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:31,880
about.

930
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:38,320
This event really gives you a wide range of opportunity, and like I said, it is all free.

931
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:43,960
We are set up and headquartered at the Knoxville Adventure Collective, which quite honestly,

932
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:48,520
people in West Knoxville, if you do not come downtown, you might not know where that is,

933
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:54,600
but it's right by Bruce Chris, and it's a great opportunity to really be able to engage

934
00:57:54,600 --> 00:58:00,360
with all of the outdoor activities and offerings we have as a destination.

935
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:05,600
So we're set up in that parking lot, and we have booths, and we have all these ways that

936
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:10,320
you can learn about the words, like I said, bike, boat, brew, and bark.

937
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:18,280
There's also all these walks, so you've got to go on the website at bikeboatbrewbark.com.

938
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,280
I know that's a mouthful, but I'm going to go slow.

939
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:22,280
You say that again.

940
00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:23,280
Bikeboatbrewbark.com.

941
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:29,440
The crazy part is I can say it really fast, but a lot of people get whipper-jalled with

942
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:30,440
all of that.

943
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:31,440
Yes, that's my word.

944
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:32,440
It's trademark.

945
00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:33,440
You're welcome.

946
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:34,440
Happy day.

947
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:35,440
Whipper-jall.

948
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:36,440
Yeah, whipper-jall.

949
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:37,440
I've got to remember that one.

950
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:39,080
So that's a good word.

951
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:42,920
So there's all these walks, but you do have to sign up for them.

952
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:48,880
So if you want to do the Riverwalk with Jack Neely and learn about all the history of Knoxville,

953
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:54,720
there's a downtown walk with Alan Sims, which a lot of us know as Urban Guy.

954
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:59,480
He is a great resource for information about all things Knoxville.

955
00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:03,240
We have another walk with Karola Evans with Legacy Parks.

956
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:08,840
Then, if brew is more your word, we have brewery slow rides.

957
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:11,480
And this year, we really learned a lot from last year.

958
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:16,520
You're going to start and finish everything at the Knoxville Outdoor Collective in that

959
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:17,520
parking lot.

960
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,880
So, yes, you'll meet there.

961
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:24,880
You'll go on your slow ride to the breweries, learn a little bit about what each brewery

962
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:30,680
is doing, what beers they're kind of serving up for the season, probably do a little taste

963
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:37,720
testing, nothing crazy, so that you can brewery slow ride back to your destination, which

964
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:40,040
is where we are.

965
00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:41,440
So that's exciting.

966
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:44,320
We also have some other new things this time.

967
00:59:44,320 --> 00:59:50,240
We have the Bikewalk Knoxville guided bike rides to Sutray Landing Park and the UT Gardens,

968
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,320
which are quite beautiful this time of year.

969
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:54,920
So that's exciting.

970
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:56,280
We just talked about this.

971
00:59:56,280 --> 01:00:00,320
We also have a river cleanup with Keep Tennessee River Beautiful.

972
01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:04,880
So that's a super fun tie in for what today's all about.

973
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:08,000
And again, that will be happening on June 3rd.

974
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,560
So go to the website to learn more.

975
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:14,160
And then I'm really kind of hitting it, but there's also other stuff.

976
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:18,000
I mean, we have a partnership with Freedom Boat Club now, and they're going to have

977
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:19,320
cruises.

978
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:24,000
And that's a whole interesting concept that if you're not familiar with, you really should

979
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:28,640
look it up on the website and see, but that's kind of like a membership where you can go

980
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:35,360
all over the country in places where freedom boats exist and be able to have access to

981
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,800
boat use, which is really kind of cool.

982
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:42,800
And that's really, it's a great kind of interesting concept, by the way, all in itself.

983
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:45,040
So that is amazing.

984
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:46,040
All right.

985
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,400
So I do want to, I want to back up just a minute.

986
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:54,720
I do want to ask about the Knoxville Waterlander and Festival.

987
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:55,720
Yes.

988
01:00:55,720 --> 01:01:00,880
Again, I am, look, I've got, I've got a couple of kids that keep me busy and active.

989
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:06,000
So I don't get to do much of all this stuff between sports and other activities that goes

990
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:07,560
on in our world.

991
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,920
But it sounds amazing.

992
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:10,920
It's really cool.

993
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:13,240
How long has this been going on?

994
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:15,840
You know, it's just a couple of years old.

995
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:22,600
I mean, and it's at Chilhaway Park, which is also such a fantastic venue for Knoxville

996
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:27,960
and Knox County that a lot of people maybe don't know about or haven't gone to an event

997
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:28,960
out there.

998
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:32,800
We are just coming off the National Street Ride Association, which has been here for

999
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:38,880
39 years and they utilize Chilhaway Park, but so does the Waterlander Festival.

1000
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:43,800
And it's actually, it is tonight from 530 to 930.

1001
01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:47,520
And it is where you see all the floating lanterns.

1002
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:53,800
And if anyone's ever complained about, you know, the ponds at Chilhaway Park, this is

1003
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,800
a great use for those ponds.

1004
01:01:56,800 --> 01:02:00,520
And it is absolutely beautiful if you haven't seen it.

1005
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:05,800
And you can see some pictures of it at waterlanderfestival.com.

1006
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:07,800
And that's also where you can purchase your tickets.

1007
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:09,560
Yeah, that is beautiful.

1008
01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:14,640
It's just, I mean, I looked at some of the pictures and it's just, it's really neat.

1009
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,000
Oh, it's so cool.

1010
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:18,080
It really, really is cool.

1011
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:23,240
And there's nothing, if you haven't gone to other Waterlander festivals, there's nothing

1012
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:26,080
quite like it is what I was getting ready to say.

1013
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:28,320
So something really neat to check out.

1014
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:33,600
And then one other thing I think for this weekend is if you have a family, like you

1015
01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:38,640
said, and you have kids and you really wanting to engage them in an activity, I encourage

1016
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:43,000
you to go today to the Children's Festival of Reading is from 10 to three at World's

1017
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:45,960
Fair Park right near Southern skies.

1018
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:50,920
So you literally could go to the Children's Festival of Reading, you know, let the kids

1019
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:56,800
get all their energy out, get a few books, maybe take the kids back home with a babysitter,

1020
01:02:56,800 --> 01:03:00,720
come back out for a little date night with some music at Southern skies.

1021
01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:03,120
However, Southern skies is also kid friendly.

1022
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:06,680
So great way to spend the day with this weekend.

1023
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:14,480
Yeah, always, always a lot going on here, especially this time of year with, you know,

1024
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:20,520
making that transition into summer, schools out, just, I mean, let's face it, this is

1025
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:26,120
a great place to stop for many of these events that some of them are obviously just traveling

1026
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:30,200
around the country to do these events in multiple places.

1027
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:35,120
And we are, we are so lucky to be where we're at, right?

1028
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:42,840
I know that just knowing some of the music stops that are able to swing in here just

1029
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:44,560
because they're passing by.

1030
01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:45,560
Oh, 100%.

1031
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:51,920
I mean, we're on the map as a premier getaway destination and every single event, every

1032
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:57,600
single experience that I'm talking about is one way to tell the story of why you should

1033
01:03:57,600 --> 01:03:59,100
visit Knoxville.

1034
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:05,600
So and that's 100% primarily what we're doing at visit Knoxville, but that also enhances

1035
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:11,400
everything that we have as Knoxvillians and what we get to do and what we get to experience,

1036
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,600
which is super cool and fun.

1037
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:14,920
And you know, I just love it.

1038
01:04:14,920 --> 01:04:15,920
I know, right?

1039
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:16,920
I mean, how awesome is it?

1040
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:18,920
We get to experience all this stuff every day.

1041
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:19,920
I know.

1042
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:20,920
We do.

1043
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:22,640
But it just doesn't get really any better than that.

1044
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:27,680
So hey, we're going to take a quick break here on around the house and we will be right

1045
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:34,080
back continuing to talk with Kim Bumpas and learn about what else is going on here in

1046
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:35,880
our beautiful area.

1047
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:39,800
Step out your back door and enjoy an amazing event this weekend or for those weekends to

1048
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:41,040
come throughout this summer.

1049
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:51,040
Again, we'll be right back here on around the house on news talk 98 seven W okay.

1050
01:04:51,040 --> 01:05:04,800
Oh, welcome back to around the house.

1051
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:08,400
I hope you're enjoying this beautiful, pleasant day out this morning.

1052
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:15,680
I will tell you this much when I stepped out the door, it was just nice, calm and peaceful

1053
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:16,680
and comfortable.

1054
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:17,680
Yes.

1055
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:18,680
That's what I like.

1056
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,240
So beautiful.

1057
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:21,240
Just comfortable.

1058
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:26,000
Even though it's it's smell like rain, you know, I know it's coming.

1059
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:31,800
But hey, you just, I just love being able to get up in the morning and just go outside

1060
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:38,040
and it just be when you walk out there and they take a deep breath, it's refreshing.

1061
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:39,040
I love that.

1062
01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:41,480
And I'm sure you do too.

1063
01:05:41,480 --> 01:05:43,960
That's what so many people love about East Tennessee, right?

1064
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:44,960
Oh, I love it.

1065
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:52,720
I mean, one time I went on the weather channel and did like a zoom interview about us making

1066
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:58,560
the list for like the number one destination not to go to if you have bad allergies.

1067
01:05:58,560 --> 01:06:04,040
So the way I spun it was I was like, yeah, but there's a price for beauty.

1068
01:06:04,040 --> 01:06:09,120
So, you know, I would rather be one of the most beautiful places that kicks up pollen

1069
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:12,360
than to be super dry and no pollen.

1070
01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:15,160
So but it is, it's beautiful out there.

1071
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:20,960
We had a great morning yesterday to walk in some outreach for USA cycling, which I know

1072
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:25,600
we're going to talk about here in a few, but it's just, it's awesome out there.

1073
01:06:25,600 --> 01:06:33,200
The I would tell you, I never experienced pollen like, you know, what we have here.

1074
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:35,920
But it's not just here, by the way.

1075
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:43,280
So my first experience with seeing pollen laying on the street and on vehicles, I flew into

1076
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:47,680
a rolling North Carolina.

1077
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:50,480
And here I had never experienced it.

1078
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:51,480
And I was blown away.

1079
01:06:51,480 --> 01:06:54,080
I said to a guy, I said, what in the world happened here?

1080
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:55,080
He's like, what do you mean?

1081
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:58,720
I said, what is all this stuff on everything?

1082
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:00,880
He's like, what do you mean?

1083
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:01,880
That's pollen.

1084
01:07:01,880 --> 01:07:03,360
I said, no.

1085
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:05,360
He's like, yeah.

1086
01:07:05,360 --> 01:07:06,360
It is.

1087
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:07,360
Okay.

1088
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:10,480
It's that yellow stuff that's sitting right in my throat right now that I keep it like

1089
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:11,480
not letting out.

1090
01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:12,480
Right.

1091
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:13,480
It just don't go away.

1092
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:15,760
But you know what?

1093
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:20,200
The difference between Raleigh and us is, well, they don't have the beauty that we have.

1094
01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:21,200
Exactly.

1095
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:22,200
Hello.

1096
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:25,480
They come here to visit our beauty through all that.

1097
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:28,240
So anyway, yeah, I thought that was just kind of interesting.

1098
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:33,680
So I'm going to say it the easy way, Kim.

1099
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,440
So the four B's.

1100
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:36,440
Yes.

1101
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:40,520
The four B's is an amazing event.

1102
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:43,440
And again, we've talked about it and we're going to keep talking about it because there

1103
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:48,600
are so many feeders that come off of this event.

1104
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:49,600
It really is.

1105
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:54,560
And I think that's what makes it an important event for Visit Knoxville because it really

1106
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:57,680
supports a lot of our stakeholders of tourism.

1107
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:04,720
So James White, Fort Blunt Mansion, Ruse Chris, Knoxville Outdoor Collective, the Women's

1108
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:06,400
Basketball Hall of Fame.

1109
01:08:06,400 --> 01:08:08,480
Everyone really engages with the event.

1110
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:14,200
So what I think is so cool is that if you're listening from 10 to three on that Saturday,

1111
01:08:14,200 --> 01:08:16,760
James White's Fort is free.

1112
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:18,200
Blunt Mansion is free.

1113
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:21,060
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is free.

1114
01:08:21,060 --> 01:08:26,920
We also have all of the guided stuff and the brewery rides that I've already mentioned.

1115
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:33,440
That Ruse Chris is open that day from 11 to two doing happy hour pricings for burgers

1116
01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:37,840
and beer to go along with Bike Boat Brew and Bark.

1117
01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:39,080
So that's super fun.

1118
01:08:39,080 --> 01:08:43,280
And if you haven't had a hamburger from Ruse Chris, you've been missing out.

1119
01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:45,200
It's super delish.

1120
01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:46,800
And we also have some other things.

1121
01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:52,360
We have partnerships with Parks and Rec and they're going to have like yoga classes, which

1122
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:56,320
last year I was like, what are we doing?

1123
01:08:56,320 --> 01:09:02,800
But then when I saw all the people that came out on a beautiful day to do yoga, it was

1124
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:04,300
quite awesome.

1125
01:09:04,300 --> 01:09:06,320
I personally don't been like that.

1126
01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:08,160
So I can't do yoga.

1127
01:09:08,160 --> 01:09:10,440
But that's why you need to do it.

1128
01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:11,440
Obviously.

1129
01:09:11,440 --> 01:09:14,720
But I think, I think this, the ship's already sailed on me.

1130
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:21,640
So and then volunteer landing Marina is going to have pontoon boat shuttles back and forth

1131
01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:24,480
from our footprint to such a landing.

1132
01:09:24,480 --> 01:09:29,880
So if people haven't ever really seen such tree or even gone over and experienced some

1133
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:34,280
of the things you can in South Knoxville, this is a great day to do that because there's

1134
01:09:34,280 --> 01:09:38,560
awesome shopping and restaurants on that side of the river as well that people don't

1135
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:39,560
realize.

1136
01:09:39,560 --> 01:09:40,560
So super cool event.

1137
01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:43,320
I encourage everyone to check it out.

1138
01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:49,760
Like I said, go to bikeboatbrewbark.com, sign up for the slow rides, sign up for the walking

1139
01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:55,160
cause they do feel and then once they're full, they're done and that's how we kind of run

1140
01:09:55,160 --> 01:09:56,160
the day.

1141
01:09:56,160 --> 01:10:00,480
And we are looking at this event and seeing how we can grow it since, you know, that first

1142
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:06,120
weekend in June is usually a fairly open weekend for us to get adventurous with events.

1143
01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:07,120
Yeah.

1144
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:13,240
Well, and it just again, I mean, the way that you guys kind of incorporate this event with

1145
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:18,400
so many different things around town is just simply awesome.

1146
01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:29,480
All in itself, but again, I, you know, it's, it's just, it's such a beautiful way for us,

1147
01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:34,960
for people to come together and enjoy our natural landscape.

1148
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:35,960
It really is.

1149
01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:43,080
And you know, last year, you know, I came on here this show to talk about this event,

1150
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:44,080
but it was day of.

1151
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:45,080
Yeah.

1152
01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:49,840
And crazy enough, there were people listening to the show that were from in, from out of

1153
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:55,080
town and they just kind of talk radio is what they do when they go to communities and they

1154
01:10:55,080 --> 01:11:00,560
learned about the event on this show and showed up at the footprint, which I thought was pretty

1155
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:01,560
awesome.

1156
01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:03,200
They were like from Indiana.

1157
01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:07,240
And so it was a great way to tell them the story of why you should visit Knoxville in

1158
01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:14,280
the future, which is a big thing for us because people come to Knoxville typically and they

1159
01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:19,640
say there's so much to do here that they need to come back because they couldn't do everything.

1160
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:20,640
And that's a cool thing.

1161
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:21,640
Yeah.

1162
01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:22,640
I mean, it is.

1163
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:23,800
It is such an amazing venue here, right?

1164
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:24,800
Oh, it is.

1165
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:28,120
I mean, and we hear it in, in so many different aspects.

1166
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:36,040
I know that we have a part of my state association for alarm companies, one of the things that

1167
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,400
we have a convention every year.

1168
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:44,160
And usually one of our biggest draws is when we have our convention here.

1169
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,320
And of course, you know, we're normally out in the Smoky Mountains because that's what

1170
01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:53,360
everybody loves, especially from the other side of Tennessee.

1171
01:11:53,360 --> 01:12:00,480
But it is so cool just to see when people come here, when we have different events,

1172
01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:02,120
sporting events like right now, right?

1173
01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:06,000
We're hosting the regionals for softball, Lady Vols.

1174
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:07,720
And I'm going to tell you what.

1175
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:12,400
There are a lot of people here in town and then folks from the Hoosiers.

1176
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:17,120
I mean, look, they, they had a huge section at the game yesterday.

1177
01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:25,160
And, and just like you said, anytime there are events that come in, sporting events or

1178
01:12:25,160 --> 01:12:29,760
other events that come to town, people want to come to this one.

1179
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:30,760
Yes.

1180
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:32,240
They want to come to our area.

1181
01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:34,240
So they're circling on their calendars.

1182
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:41,360
Okay, I'm going to participate in this type of, whether it's cycling, whether it's marathons,

1183
01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:45,960
whether it's a sporting event, whether it's a musical event, there's so many of them

1184
01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:46,960
within their ear marketing.

1185
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:48,960
And they're going, I'm going to that one.

1186
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:49,960
Definitely.

1187
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:54,920
And I think that says a lot about our community because one of the other big feedbacks we

1188
01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:57,040
get is just how nice everyone is.

1189
01:12:57,040 --> 01:13:00,920
And so they're like, Oh my gosh, I come here and everyone is so nice.

1190
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:08,680
And we see this from sports to conventions to the film projects that we recruit to everything.

1191
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:10,440
And I think that's super cool.

1192
01:13:10,440 --> 01:13:18,200
And speaking of sports, this is the last year for Knoxville to be able to really engage,

1193
01:13:18,200 --> 01:13:25,240
participate, see, pay homage to the USA cycling pro road national championships.

1194
01:13:25,240 --> 01:13:28,160
And so we've had this event for seven years.

1195
01:13:28,160 --> 01:13:33,840
So it's a very, very bitter sweet thing for me because they feel like an extension of

1196
01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:39,400
visit Knoxville and our family, but that's June 22nd through the 25th.

1197
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:44,040
And it's, you know, it's not goodbye forever, but it is going to be farewell for a while

1198
01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:48,440
because we're building the new multipurpose stadium.

1199
01:13:48,440 --> 01:13:53,000
We're doing a lot in Knoxville from a construction and development aspect.

1200
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:55,360
And that's put a pinch on the event.

1201
01:13:55,360 --> 01:14:00,320
But also the events been here for one of the longest runs it's ever done.

1202
01:14:00,320 --> 01:14:06,120
And so it's time for us to say, okay, it's okay for you to go somewhere else, see how

1203
01:14:06,120 --> 01:14:10,880
not as awesome it is there as it is here and then come back in a few years.

1204
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:12,920
So we're excited about that.

1205
01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:13,920
Right.

1206
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:14,920
Yeah.

1207
01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:16,160
You know, I mean, there's no doubt it's coming back.

1208
01:14:16,160 --> 01:14:17,160
Oh yeah.

1209
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:18,240
They, they are family.

1210
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:22,480
They love Knoxville and Knoxville embraces cycling.

1211
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:27,400
You mentioned it in some of your comments and it's a big deal.

1212
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:29,760
And this event will run this year.

1213
01:14:29,760 --> 01:14:35,600
Same as it did the last couple of years that Thursday, June 22nd will be in Oak Ridge.

1214
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:37,360
We'll be doing the time trials.

1215
01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:40,240
That's a great partnership that we've had with Oak Ridge.

1216
01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:45,280
We literally just walked all the neighborhoods yesterday because there's a big impact to

1217
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:51,360
the community over there, but also a big celebration by Oak Ridge, partnering with Knoxville to

1218
01:14:51,360 --> 01:14:54,400
support this event for all these years.

1219
01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:56,480
Melton Hill Lake is beautiful.

1220
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:59,760
So if people haven't visited Oak Ridge, you're missing out also.

1221
01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:05,560
You need to get out there, come out, check out the time trials last time to do it.

1222
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:11,080
Then Friday we moved back downtown and we have what's called NASCAR on a bike with the

1223
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:12,320
criteria.

1224
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,560
So that will be super exciting.

1225
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:22,600
On Saturday we will be at Olympic Day at Safety City, so all families 12 to 2, if you don't

1226
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:26,680
get to see Safety City, it doesn't open on Saturdays very often.

1227
01:15:26,680 --> 01:15:28,520
It'll be open that day.

1228
01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:32,880
And then Sunday is the big pro road national race.

1229
01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:36,240
Starts with women, ends with men, all over downtown.

1230
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:37,440
Super awesome.

1231
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:40,720
Check it all out at USACycleKnox.com.

1232
01:15:40,720 --> 01:15:44,560
You can still volunteer to be a course marshal, which is also a super cool way to see the

1233
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:45,560
race.

1234
01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:50,000
Hey, look, I always need some volunteers to pull off all these amazing things.

1235
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,680
100%.

1236
01:15:52,680 --> 01:15:54,600
How many miles is that race?

1237
01:15:54,600 --> 01:15:55,600
Do you know?

1238
01:15:55,600 --> 01:15:56,600
It is a lot.

1239
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:57,600
I know that.

1240
01:15:57,600 --> 01:15:59,000
Yeah, I know.

1241
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:01,760
We would have to pull that up on the website.

1242
01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:06,160
I should know that off the top of my head, but the reason I don't is because we did change

1243
01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:11,720
it a little bit because they have to do more laps because we redid the route.

1244
01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:16,840
So it's like, I think it's over 100 miles is the road race for the men.

1245
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:21,960
And it might as a little shorter for the women, but they have to go up if anyone's ever been

1246
01:16:21,960 --> 01:16:25,080
in South Knoxville, Sherrod Road.

1247
01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:28,200
I encourage you just to go see that hill.

1248
01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:34,880
These cyclists ride up that hill like six times and come down it going about 100 miles

1249
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:36,040
an hour.

1250
01:16:36,040 --> 01:16:41,920
So I've been in one of the cars because it has a huge, huge entourage of cars that go

1251
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:43,680
to protect the cyclists.

1252
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:46,480
And it is really, really different.

1253
01:16:46,480 --> 01:16:51,120
And all the people that shared, if you're listening, y'all have the best parties I've

1254
01:16:51,120 --> 01:16:53,360
ever seen in the history of cycling.

1255
01:16:53,360 --> 01:16:54,360
So keep it up.

1256
01:16:54,360 --> 01:16:55,640
This is the last year.

1257
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:59,040
We really need to send them off in a really positive, awesome way.

1258
01:16:59,040 --> 01:17:00,040
Yeah, that'd be great.

1259
01:17:00,040 --> 01:17:08,040
Well, I can tell you this, not recently as you can probably, if you could see me, you

1260
01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:10,320
would understand that statement.

1261
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:17,680
But in past, I have done a several sprint triathlons and one that I always love to do was down

1262
01:17:17,680 --> 01:17:26,120
in UT campus and, you know, seven miles of biking, not hundreds, but just seven.

1263
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:30,120
But some of the hills just up and down around campus, right?

1264
01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:31,440
I know how difficult it is.

1265
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:34,520
There are, biking is huge in our area.

1266
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:39,720
And I just got to say hats off to every single one of you because, man, the hills that we

1267
01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:47,480
have around here, it is just crazy to watch how they're able to just, they just come up

1268
01:17:47,480 --> 01:17:49,240
that thing like it's nothing, you know?

1269
01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:51,920
They are pure, pure muscle.

1270
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:53,560
I've never seen anything like it.

1271
01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:58,280
But yeah, our hills, if you want to challenge yourself in getting shape, just start tackling

1272
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:00,640
a hill a day.

1273
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:02,080
There's plenty to go around.

1274
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:03,080
There is.

1275
01:18:03,080 --> 01:18:08,880
We are going to come back and continue to talk with Kim from Visit Knoxville.

1276
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:12,400
And we're going to, we're going to focus a little bit about what's going on just this

1277
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:16,840
weekend, rain or shine, or maybe you need to get indoors.

1278
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:21,560
We'll find you a way to have an amazing weekend and enjoy our beautiful area here in East

1279
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:24,120
Tennessee and Knoxville.

1280
01:18:24,120 --> 01:18:28,560
Thanks for listening and we'll be right back here on Around the House, a news talk, 987

1281
01:18:28,560 --> 01:18:41,760
WOKI.

1282
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:43,800
Welcome back to Around the House.

1283
01:18:43,800 --> 01:18:46,640
I hope you're having a beautiful morning this morning.

1284
01:18:46,640 --> 01:18:50,640
I know I am visiting here with Kim Bumpas from Visit Knoxville.

1285
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:56,520
Hey, we, we've got Robert here on the line who's got a quick question for us.

1286
01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:58,160
Hey, Robert, sorry to keep you waiting, buddy.

1287
01:18:58,160 --> 01:19:00,160
How are you doing this morning?

1288
01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:01,160
Good morning.

1289
01:19:01,160 --> 01:19:03,160
I'm glad to hear your program.

1290
01:19:03,160 --> 01:19:04,160
Enjoy it.

1291
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:05,160
Well, thank you.

1292
01:19:05,160 --> 01:19:06,160
Yeah.

1293
01:19:06,160 --> 01:19:10,440
Well, I've got a couple of questions and real quick ones and easy answers.

1294
01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:11,440
I'm sure.

1295
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:15,800
First of all, me and my family, I'm looking for a win-win-win pool.

1296
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:20,800
We're the artists women pooling locally that you can take your family to and enjoy.

1297
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:21,800
Yeah.

1298
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:30,440
So, you know, plus women have a trouble finding a park that you have grill that to go out

1299
01:19:30,440 --> 01:19:31,440
and grill.

1300
01:19:31,440 --> 01:19:37,200
That used to be one down in West Knoxville, but that's a good grill there.

1301
01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:43,600
Well, I do know, I think McPhee Park out in Farragut still has grills.

1302
01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:46,840
That's a good one to check.

1303
01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:51,560
But you know, most of them, I think nowadays most of them with their grills, they do require

1304
01:19:51,560 --> 01:19:56,400
a reservation usually for most of those.

1305
01:19:56,400 --> 01:20:01,240
But I can tell you an easy place to find out about public pools.

1306
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:09,000
If you just go to KnoxvilleTN.gov, that's the city of Knoxville webpage.

1307
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:14,440
They have the local community pools that are available and then just depending on what

1308
01:20:14,440 --> 01:20:19,000
part of town you're in, there are resources.

1309
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:24,520
I know there's a lot of splash pads and stuff like that around town as well.

1310
01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:29,120
So probably your best source to find that information, Robert, is just to check out

1311
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:35,600
the parks and rec for whatever area you're looking in, whether it's in the city of Knoxville

1312
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:40,120
or West Knoxville Farragut area, Loudoun County or the surrounding counties.

1313
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:41,400
Knox County has parks and rec.

1314
01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:42,400
Yes.

1315
01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:44,400
In Knox County's parks and rec.

1316
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:46,600
That's probably going to be your best source.

1317
01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:47,600
Great.

1318
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:48,600
One more.

1319
01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:53,320
Does she ever promote a place and they used to do curling.

1320
01:20:53,320 --> 01:20:54,800
You remember that?

1321
01:20:54,800 --> 01:20:55,800
There was a curling.

1322
01:20:55,800 --> 01:20:56,800
That's that little thing you slide.

1323
01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:57,800
You have to use a broom.

1324
01:20:57,800 --> 01:20:58,800
You know what I'm about.

1325
01:20:58,800 --> 01:20:59,800
Yeah.

1326
01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:01,800
I definitely know what you're talking about.

1327
01:21:01,800 --> 01:21:02,800
Yeah.

1328
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:07,800
I'm looking for something like that too, plus I need something for handicapped person and

1329
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:10,800
then we're going to go with nice things together.

1330
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:15,360
Well, I hear you.

1331
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:18,880
You know, I would look at the ice chalet.

1332
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:22,600
Sometimes has special activities that might, you know, fall in line.

1333
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:27,440
I'm not sure of the timing of it on when you're in town.

1334
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:31,920
Cool sports also offers some cool opportunities there as well.

1335
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:33,960
So I'd probably check those out.

1336
01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:37,880
And if you're ever in town, you definitely need to go to the Coliseum and check out the

1337
01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:42,760
ice bears are hockey team and they sometimes do some special curling activities.

1338
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:47,640
Now, I don't know if we can really participate in them, but we can sure watch them do it.

1339
01:21:47,640 --> 01:21:48,640
Yeah.

1340
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:49,640
Watch them and check them out.

1341
01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:52,640
Hey, Robert, thanks for calling us this morning, buddy.

1342
01:21:52,640 --> 01:21:53,640
Thanks for listening.

1343
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:54,640
We appreciate having you.

1344
01:21:54,640 --> 01:22:00,320
And hopefully hopefully I'll get you going in the right direction.

1345
01:22:00,320 --> 01:22:07,680
So, you know, one of the things that Kim mentioned about it before is that, you know, we have

1346
01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:16,200
people in here from out of town, out of state, out of area, and they may be here today.

1347
01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:20,360
Maybe they're going to go watch the softball team that there's a good potential that may

1348
01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:21,920
get rained out.

1349
01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:26,240
So I want to talk about what's happening this weekend.

1350
01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:27,240
Definitely.

1351
01:22:27,240 --> 01:22:33,520
And I have to backtrack one step because I felt entirely guilty for having partnered

1352
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:38,480
with USA cycling for that long and not being able to rattle off the miles of the race.

1353
01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:45,160
So it's 115 miles for the men and 66 miles for the women is the road racial and Sunday.

1354
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:48,480
So obviously you can imagine that takes a long time to run them.

1355
01:22:48,480 --> 01:22:51,920
So lots of opportunity for you to come out and see it now.

1356
01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:54,960
So way back to this weekend.

1357
01:22:54,960 --> 01:23:00,440
You kind of mentioned what's going on, but let's mention it again, because I really think

1358
01:23:00,440 --> 01:23:05,320
these are awesome, awesome things that can be before and after the game.

1359
01:23:05,320 --> 01:23:10,240
If that's what you're here for, if you're just visiting family, or if you're just visiting

1360
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:16,480
your own backyard called Knoxville, the Waterland on Festival is tonight.

1361
01:23:16,480 --> 01:23:21,200
You have the Children's Festival of Reading and then you have Southern skies.

1362
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:24,720
But I know when we say those words, you might not know what that means.

1363
01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:29,200
So Southern skies is at World's Fair Park on the performance line.

1364
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:37,400
It is a two day homegrown music festival and they have got some great bands lined up and

1365
01:23:37,400 --> 01:23:42,520
they have a band that a lot of people know here in town called the Dirty Govnas and they

1366
01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:44,000
are awesome.

1367
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:49,360
So you need to go and then St. Paul and Broken Bones is one of the headliners.

1368
01:23:49,360 --> 01:23:50,640
They're amazing music.

1369
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:56,040
So go check out their website at southern skies music festival.com.

1370
01:23:56,040 --> 01:24:02,680
I know I'm giving everyone these big, huge tongue twister words today, but it's Saturday.

1371
01:24:02,680 --> 01:24:04,320
So that's what it's all about.

1372
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:09,160
Then also today, 10 to three, also at World's Fair Park, but the other lawn.

1373
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:13,400
So when you think about World's Fair Park, you have a big performance line, which is

1374
01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:18,760
on the, where they have the big concrete padding is probably a good way to describe it.

1375
01:24:18,760 --> 01:24:24,400
Then you have what's called the festival lawn, which is over by the splash pad, which is

1376
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:29,200
not really a splash pad, but it's definitely the fountains that come out by the memorial

1377
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:33,440
at the base of the brand new rebranded Marriott, which is exciting.

1378
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:36,160
It has a lot of maker stuff inside.

1379
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:39,680
So that's a destination in itself.

1380
01:24:39,680 --> 01:24:46,680
But the festival of reading is something that the library puts on Knox County library systems

1381
01:24:46,680 --> 01:24:48,480
puts on every year.

1382
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:49,480
It's a free event.

1383
01:24:49,480 --> 01:24:52,080
It celebrates books and imagination.

1384
01:24:52,080 --> 01:24:58,120
It has music storytelling, arts and crafts, food, live music also, but more kid friendly

1385
01:24:58,120 --> 01:24:59,120
live music.

1386
01:24:59,120 --> 01:25:02,040
So super fun that you can look at their website.

1387
01:25:02,040 --> 01:25:05,480
You can also just look at visit Knoxville.com for more information.

1388
01:25:05,480 --> 01:25:10,400
The Water Lantern Festival is also tonight, which we've kind of already talked about.

1389
01:25:10,400 --> 01:25:13,880
And you can also, there's some other things happening this weekend.

1390
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:16,600
So go to visit Knoxville.com.

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Look at our event calendar and it will segment it for you also.

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It'll say what's free, what's not free, what's a minimal investment.

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And then I also want to shout out that if you're at World's Fair Park and you don't

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scan the QR code to make a reservation to go into the sun sphere, you're also missing

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out since we opened the sun sphere back to everyone on February 22nd, 2022.

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We have welcomed over 67,000 visitors representing all 50 countries and all 50 states and 43

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plus plus countries.

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So super exciting.

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Man, see, I told you when you got here, I just needed to hand you the microphone and

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just, I could have just went home.

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I mean, really, Kim, you could have took this all by yourself.

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Hey, I hope that you have enjoyed today's show.

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Kim, thank you so much for joining me this morning.

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So if you want to know what's happening around town, go to visit Knoxville.com.

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It can't get any easier than that, right?

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100%.

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If you have missed part of today's show and want to listen again, there's a link to replay

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on my website.

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Just go to hissecurity.com and click on the A-T-H radio tab to find the recordings of

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all our shows or go where you find your favorite podcast and just search for Around the House

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with Scott Brokamp.

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I want to thank my guests for being on the program today.

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Tony Campbell, the head man at Campbell's Pools and Spa, and president of Visit Knoxville,

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Kim Bumpus.

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Have a topic or a guest that you would like to hear on the show?

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Send us an email with your suggestions and comments to thehouseathissecurity.com.

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Around the House is produced by News Talk 987 with guest coordination services from Be

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Media Savvy.

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We'll be taking the Memorial Day weekend off so Riley can take his granddad fishing.

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If you didn't hear Don Stimer's last broadcast, then tune in next Saturday morning at 7 when

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we'll replay a fantastic show featuring Don Dave Folk and a cast of several others.

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I'll be back with all new live shows after the holiday.

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June is National Homeownership Month.

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You don't want to miss it.

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We'll be looking at nearly every aspect of buying a home all month long.

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Until then, I hope you enjoy some quality time around the house.