Plenty of people dream about a backyard pool.
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Plenty → dream → pool
Cory Johnson built a water park.
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Johnson → build → park
On the east side of Lake Wawasee in Cromwell, his home shares its grounds with a 60,000-gallon private retreat that has waterfalls, a slide, a zip line and real palm tree trunks.
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that → share → waterfalls
Then he rents it out for $140 an hour!
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he → rent → 140
Walk in, and the first question is how anyone fitted a lagoon into a backyard.
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anyone → walk → backyard
The second is obviously when you can book it!
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you → book → it
He wanted a pool, but they asked him to wait
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they → want → him
Like many others, Cory Johnson wanted a backyard pool where he could relax on the lounge chairs and enjoy his days.
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he → want → days
He initially set out to get a pool.
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He → set → pool
A few years ago, he learned that the installation wait would stretch to about a year and a half, according to a report by inkfreenews.
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wait → learn → inkfreenews
Rather than sitting around, he started sketching what he wanted on a napkin.
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he → sit → napkin
That took him down memory lane.
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That → take → lane
Ever since The Legend of Billie Jean came out, he had wanted a pool that he could jump into, or perhaps slide into straight from the house.
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he → come → house
"I watched the movie 'The Legend of Billie Jean' back in the '80s.
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I → watch → 80s
(In) one of the scenes, a guy slides out of the window.
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guy → slide → window
He slides out of the window right into a pool.
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He → slide → pool
I said, 'I want to do that.
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I → say → that
I'm going to build that someday,'" he told Goshen News earlier.
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he → go → News
So, when he discovered that he would have to wait another year for the pool installation, he thought he would build it himself.
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he → discover → it
"It can't be that hard," he told the outlet.
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he → tell → outlet
The outdoor pool went up using blocks mortared together and reinforced with rebar.
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pool → go → rebar
Johnson built the walls himself.
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Johnson → build → walls
Contractors poured the foundation, and Amish brothers finished much of the structure.
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brothers → pour → structure
The work took two years, including a six-month break in between.
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work → take → between
Both pools were finished in September 2023.
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pools → finish → September
The indoor pool took four days to fill!
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pool → take → days
Cory Johnson's wife, Mandy, who was part of the project from the start, remembers checking the water line every morning.
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who → remember → line
"Every morning, we'd wake up and come out here and see where the water line was.
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line → wake → ?
It was just neat every day to watch it fill up."
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it → watch → ?
The indoor/outdoor pool holds about 60,000 gallons of heated salt water, maintained at between 85 and 87 degrees year-round.
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pool → hold → degrees
Two pumps, two salt generators and oversized filters keep the water clean.
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pumps → keep → water
Johnson still wants to cut back on chlorine, so he's thinking about adding a UV and ozone system.
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he → want → system
Inside the private backyard water park
Pic credit: Swimply/ Mandy
The indoor pool has a lagoon aesthetic.
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pool → have → aesthetic
Fresh water rains down from a perforated pipe in a ceiling 20 to 30 feet up.
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water → rain → ceiling
A waterfall pours over giant rocks behind it.
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waterfall → pour → it
There is a zip line that sends guests flying towards them before they drop safely into the water.
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they → be → water
The custom slide is what catches people off guard.
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what → catch → guard
It ends higher above the water than most expect, so the ride is faster than they planned for.
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they → end → water
It sits on a 5-inch stainless steel pipe reinforced with concrete and rebar, then covered in stone so that it blends in.
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it → sit → stone
Mandy calls it a "beach vacation oasis".
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Mandy → call → it
…and 24 more, not listed.
The Aporia
