This is for You, John Young...

Okay, okay... it's not ALL for you, but a little birdie told us you'd want our hot tub up and running for your arrival. That little message was precisely the ignition we needed to light our fire and fix the HT! After our last gathering, our HT was out of commission... with all of our busy work schedules, it was difficult to find the time to fix it. BUT, once we heard JY was going to want some post-ski relaxation, we decided to MAKE TIME.
Please follow our step-by-step tutorial on how to drain and clean your hot tub.
Step One:
Extend hose to it's full length. Turn it on. Place it in the hot tub and at that very moment, turn it off. This will create a siphon. The water will then slowly (v.e.r.y. s.l.o.w.l.y.) dribble back the other way and exit the hose. How did we know this? We can thank two things: Kathryn's memory, and Mr. Kuenzel's Physics lesson in highschool.

Step Two: Wait overnight for hot tub to drain.
Step Three:  Look Good. Now, when we say "look good", we in fact mean "be prepared". It's dark. It's cold. You're going to need layers, you're going to need plastic bags over your feet, you're going to need thinsulate gloves under rubber gloves, and you're going to need proper lighting. Once this is accomplished, you can begin to scoop out the extra pockets of water with an empty pickle jar.

Step Four: Use the broom and dust pan to sweep up whatever whatever filthy water will not be scooped up by the pickle jar.

Step Five: Change your bags. You don't want to track the murky water back in the tub while you scrub it. 

Step Six: Scrub the tub with cleaner AND with special hot tub cleaner. You might have to go around a couple times, really make sure you scrub the jets. They accumulate gook.

Step Seven: Clean out the filter,  add the water, add the chemicals, and wait 24 hours for enjoyment! Hooray, now we can digest our Thanksgiving feast in our clean and operating hot tub.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Stay tuned for a Turkey Day update :)