Karen Nazor-HillI have wanted a backyard pool for as long as I remember.
I love the water.
The Tennessee River was my mother’s backyard during her childhood and my grandparents’ backyard during mine. So, it came as no surprise that one of the first things I did as a new mom was make sure my children knew how to swim.
They were on a swim team throughout childhood. My second child, Karah, went to college on a swimming scholarship and eventually swam the English Channel. She founded the local Chattanooga Open Water Swimmers (COWS) group in Chattanooga and recently completed an 11-mile swim across Lake Tahoe.
My oldest daughter, Kacee, a former professional raft guide on whitewater rivers in Georgia, Tennessee, Colorado and Montana, swims with the COWS and recently completed the half Ironman along with Karah. My youngest son, Kit, is an avid surfer, kayaker and ocean fisherman in California.