A Dream Realized: Recirculating Slip and Slide

A few years ago, we set the slip and slide up for the kids and let them play for a while.  When they came in, no one turned off the water and two things happened:

1.  Our water bill was very high the next month.
2.  The water spilled out under the fence into the street behind out house. 

I have long thought that day inspired Rob with the idea of building a slip and slide that would recirculate the water.  The design has been developing in his mind for years, and finally, it became a reality!

The slide ends in a tarp lined puddle where it is suctioned via marine pump back to the top and squirted back down the slide.  It is battery powered.