Entries Tagged as 'Recreation'

Deals on Portable Pools and Waterslides

Summer is very much here and for kids there can be few things as great as spending some time in the pool chilling – it makes for fun and frolic for the entire family on a warm summer day. There are many options for portable pools even if we don’t have an actual pool in the back yard and having a portable slide for it just adds to the fun and games.

Intex Recreation Slide’N Fun Play Center, Age 6+ with Shelf Box from Amazon is your basic pool that is compact but can fit at least two people in it – it has to levels and a small slide – and since this one is inflatable it comes with a repair patch as well. You can stow it away in its shelf box when not in use. Good deal for $44.

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Discounted Swimwear

Summer will be upon us before we know it and I am of a mind to go shopping for some swim gear. You may want to check out the links in my previous post about swimwear as well; and we’ll see what else we can find in terms of swim wear and other accessories.

Here I found a bunch of on sale clearance items including swim goggles, one piece suits from Speedo, Nike, swim caps, kids items triathlon suits, racing suits warm ups, and lots of other stuff. For instance this one piece bathing suit is just $19.75 down from $49.99.

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Roller Skating

My niece recently took up a liking to skating. She asked me to get her a pair of roller skates in the sweetest voice possible for a 7 year old. I just had to find her the perfect pair and real soon too. I did some research on what makes a good pair of roller skates and the kinds of skates available.

Surprisingly, there is a specialized kind of roller skates for every kind of user. Broadly, there are either quad skates (i.e. having 4 wheels, one in each of the corners of the shoe) and inline skates (with wheels in a line across the middle of the shoe base). Each of these types has a multitude of varieties based on the usage. [Read more →]