PRESS PHOTOS BY DONNA GEWERTZLana Marales, of Catasauqua, anticipates a big splash into Coplay Borough’s Parkway Pool, 2 Keefer St., July 16.

Long-distance swimming! From left, Cassandra Escobedo and son Abel Venegas came all the way from California to visit Nico Favino and his mother, Crystal Favino, of Catasauqua. The sisters decided to spend an afternoon at the Coplay pool for a family outing.

Favino and Nico have some fun as they piggyback their way across the pool.

Catasauqua resident Gage Massey enjoys that cool-water feeling when the outside temperature tops 90 degrees Fahrenheit.