Thanks for all your kind thoughts and words, ladies. I thought about asking the management for a "free" month considering I only use the pool, but we're on a family membership and my husband and dad do use the gym facilities other than the pool. In their letter explaining the closure, they said they are "absorbing" the costs - as opposed to passing it on to us!? They have updated their cardio floor and done some other updates in the last couple of years, but they also did raise their membership rates. All in all, I'm relatively happy with them, but I really just use the pool and the cardio stuff sometimes in the winter or when I want a change.

I thought about begging for mercy at the Y or other similar organisation with decent pool. I wonder if they would give me a break. I'm happy to give them some money and they have nicer pools (and facilities) than mine that I would love to swim in regularly, but they are not as conveniently located (5-10 miles vs. 5-10 blocks) and I don't know that I can make that work permanently, especially not for my entire family. It means I can't bike to work twice a week, too, which makes me sad.

I didn't think about the college pools... one of the community colleges has a pool at a reasonable $35/quarter fee, except I conveniently cross quarters June 14, so it would be slightly less reasonable but I'd be able to swim there through the end of summer if need be (not sure how busy their pool is during their narrow open swim hours). Any university is much farther away, and unfortunately only allows university faculty/staff/students to use the facilities (though it doesn't look like a super big/nice pool anyway).

I could sign up for a masters swim course at one of the other gyms, but it's probably going to be $50 plus whatever non-member fee there is, and at that rate I might as well pay the difference and just get a month-to-month membership for the month I need it. Also, it'd be more competitive and I'd still have to find a third swim, which I'd probably just do in open water (not necessarily a bad thing).

Thanks for your help/advice!