We were talking about the design of the cool deck around my pool in the BBQ thread and I told judyb that I would post a couple of pic's.
A few years ago when Deb and I were touring model homes I saw a pool with a small free form deck and a stepping pod leading to it from the patio. When it came time to have our pool put in, I had them install mine with the same idea, only more of it. This is what we ended up with.
I took these this morning and you can see that we have rain today!