Paul the Pool Guy

10/30/2026

Thanks for following and giving us a very busy pool season. We are done for this season and doing some traveling. We flew into Albuquerque NM and were off. We hit Rte. 66 for a bit yesterday and happened across this due to a thing we do called Geocaching. Check out the story behind this small section of Rte. 66.
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lcome to Budville, a faded relic of Route 66 in western Cibola County, New Mexico, 20 miles east of Grants and 46 miles west of Albuquerque. Born in the late 1920s from the ambition of Howard Neal “Bud” Rice, this once-thriving roadside stop boasted a garage, gas station, trading post, and towing empire along the iconic highway. Budville’s story is one of rise and fall—forged by Bud’s iron will, sustained through the golden age of Route 66, and undone by murder and the march of progress that left it a ghost town.
In its heyday (1930s–1950s), Budville hummed with activity. Bud, inheriting his father Roscoe’s garage, built a one-man kingdom: towing stranded motorists, selling supplies, and serving as justice of the peace—earning the nickname “Juez de Boss.” With his wife Flossie—a wrecker driver and deputy sheriff—he ruled the 38-mile stretch of Route 66 between Rio Puerco and Grants. Yet, his high prices and steep fines bred resentment, even as his generosity won local loyalty. The 1960s brought I-40’s bypass, and though Bud secured an exit, the town’s fate was sealed on November 18, 1967, when a gunman killed Bud and employee Blanche Brown, robbing the store and leaving Flossie tied up. The killer, Billy Ray White, was caught but acquitted, leaving justice unserved.
Today, Budville’s crumbling ruins whisper of its past. After the murders, Flossie ran the store until 1979, but I-40 drained its lifeblood, and she died in 1994, buried nearby. The trading post and garage stand silent, relics of a lost era. Was White the true culprit, or did darker secrets topple Bud’s empire? Explore this geocache to uncover Budville’s legacy—a tale of ambition, tragedy, and the ghosts of Route 66.
The Infamous Budville Trading Post:

10/10/2026

Thank you everyone for another busy and successful year. Other than a week we took of for vacation and a few rain days we worked 7 days a week just trying to keep up and we were still booking 3 weeks out for most of the summer. I did have a helper that has worked with me for many years who decided to retire unexpectedly so my wife Donna retired from her teaching job and is now working with me full time. We are always conversing on how we could be more efficient and reduce our backlog and have come up with a new idea for scheduling jobs which we think is going to be a game changer. We will be putting that plan into action when we start back up next May. We are now booked up through the end of COLUMBUS DAY (note I called it by its proper name) at which time we switch to winter rates and policies. Thank you to everyone who used our services, or referred us to friends, families or strangers.
In the meantime we have to save this state and country. Don’t forget to vote, we need to get Healy out and get Mike, Minogue in. Also every other race is important as well, VOTE RED the Democrats have lunatics running who want to bring in communism and or Socialism, they want to raise taxes and take what you’ve earned . Have a great winter everyone, Donna and I have a trip planned to NM, AZ, CO & UT looking foreword to seeing more of our beautiful country.

09/22/2026

Had to resort to strips to fix this. Debris under the liner breaking through because of automatic vac.

08/24/2026

Today is Wear White to Remember three innocent children day. Silently, in your own way and hope/pray for justice.

07/21/2026

This video is from another colleague who is in the business. We find insect damage all the time.
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07/08/2026

Here is what the democrats love. A guy who brags about J******g o** in a ports potty. Abuses women, now has credible allegations of r**e against him. Pocahontas says “Graham platinum is my kind of man.

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07/06/2026

“That’s Paul Tosi, he fixed our pool once.”
Last year I had my Trump Fourth of July decorations up, and some filthy person crossed over into my property to deface it. This year I put it back up again well within the confines of my property, which is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. This year I put one of my motion cameras up next to it. You may have to listen to this video a couple times to actually hear it but one of the filthy Democrats that was walking by indicated if it wasn’t being monitored by a camera, she would’ve defaced it or vandalized it. Folks, when Democrats talk, listen to them, they will tell you their plans well in advance, trust them.

06/23/2026

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06/19/2026

I’m pleased to inform you guys that my wife Donna has decided to embark on a career change. After 20 years of teaching she has put down her lesson planning book, endless correcting and white board markers and will be working with me daily fixing pools. We are hoping this will allow us to serve our customers more efficiently and continue to provide you with the best quality service.

06/11/2026

Love this. One report I heard was that pre-rebuild it was losing 40,000 gallons per day. To put this in perspective an inch of water loss in a standard swimming pool is about 450 gallons.
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