Photo | Mallard splashes down at Simpkins Family Swim Center in Live Oak

Photo | Mallard splashes down at Simpkins Family Swim Center in Live Oak

A mallard pays no attention to the clearly posted signage and bathes in the pool at the base of the water slide at Simpkins Family Swim Center in Live Oak. The center, operated by the Santa Cruz County Parks Department, is located on 17th Avenue and is open seven days a week during the summer, with lap swimming beginning at 6 a.m. each weekday. Opened to the public in the summer of 1998, the outdoor community aquatics complex features a 50-meter…