Getting locked out while skinny dipping helped a Conroe couple in their 80s embrace technology

John and Pat Gandy hadn’t lived in their new home in River Plantation long when they decided late one night to go skinny dipping in the therapeutic pool in their backyard.

It was a hot night, so the couple — he’s 82 and she’s 81 — undressed and headed for the pool, leaving clothes, towels and their smartphones indoors. Around 2 a.m., they decided to head back inside, only to discover that the automated doors they thought they had unlocked were, in fact, locked.