Mercury Swim Institute was recommended by a friend as things to do with a two year old. We wanted to get him swim lessons, but hated the high amount of chlorine public pools have. Mercury Swim is a heated indoor salt water pool, they still use chlorine, but it's minimal. We were very excited to check it out. We called and signed up for a weekend time slot. It's local, and easy to find right off Allen St. in Hampden. It's been around for over 50 years and probably hasn't changed much in that whole time. It's in the back of a house, with plenty of parking. We were even more excited that we didn't have to get in the pool. The teachers take the children, so the adults can chill out, and take pics. My son loved his first time there. He seemed to learn more in one hour there, than any other attempts at swimming. It's $20 cash or check per hour. It seemed like a lot, but then I seen he received almost total one on one attention. It will be great for the winter, when he's stuck in the house, and can look forward to swimming each week. Linda, the swim teacher is great with young kids. You can tell she's been doing this along time. She's very patient, and doesn't get stressed out. She knows how to divert a crying kid, and other ways to get them to do stuff when they won't. read more