Earlier this month we were at a hotel while our mom attended tax school. One of the biggest highlights of staying at that hotel is going swimming. My siblings, my dad, and I went swimming twice, and were at the pool for a total of about 4-6 hours.

But soon after we went swimming the first time, my siblings and I started to have rashes on our skin. We didn’t think much of it, but after we went swimming a second time, the rashes grew larger. The rashes were there for days! We never had any trouble with rashes after swimming before. About a week later, I smelled my skin and I could still smell chlorine. Eek! :shock:

And several days after we came back from the hotel, we realized that my blue swimming suit had faded to the point that it had turned completely brown! At first my mom thought we had brought home someone else’s swimming suit, but it was unmistakeably mine.

Needless to say, that swimming pool had way too much chlorine in it. But if chlorine is capable of doing those things… I’m going to be a little more reluctant about going swimming next time. :-?