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Boulder, Colorado, United States

Well here I am, after a long journey and I am ready to settle in and be in one place for atleast a few months. I had a dream about a buffalo last night so i must really be back. The fall colors are going off and I begin my quest to find a place to rest my hat...
Until the next journey...
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Buena Vista, Colorado, United States

My last springs of the journey!! These waters are so healing. Sometimes the hot water aggravates my sensitive skin, but my skin was visibly better after 1 hour in the water here. They have a watsu therapy pool and camping by the river. I plan to come back again soon.
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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Ok I got sidetracked by the opportunity to hang out with family and friends in Arizona, and Im very grateful for it. First I passed some springs on the way from LA to Phoenix, Desert Hot Springs and El Dorado to name a few. Spent a night in Phoenix and then headed to Tucson, my abode 10 years ago, to check in on the place and see my peeps. Had a great time with Stephanie and my brothers, and we made it up to Mt Lemmon to go hiking, so my connection with nature stayed alive through the city experience. Here are some pics from the hike on Butterfly trail. Everyone enjoyed pie after our hike - I asked if they had sugarless but alas, of course, they did not. So I ate some chili instead.
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Faywood, New Mexico, United States

This is a beautiful area in the middle of nowhere southern New Mexico. I really wanted to explore the Gila Wilderness and National Forest that are nearby, however, this was the end of my trip and I of course ran out of time and will have to come back another day. There are backpacking trips abundant here.
I took the easy route and paid 20 dollars to camp and use the variety of pools at the Faywood center. They have 2 clothing optional sections with a pool at around 108 and a pool at 104. The section right next to the campground has smaller pools with a cool plunge, very convenient. There is also a clothing required section and private pools. It was for sale so hopefully it will preserve integrity if it undergoes a change of management. I watched the sunset from the hill and then soaked all evening and woke up early to soak again in the morn. You are allowed to use the pools from the moment you arrive until 10am the next morning if you are an overnight guest. The cabins looked cute. The pools were empty when I visited them, aside from an old hippie I met. He suggested a hot springs on Hwy 61, off Royal John Mine Road, up the hill to the right after you cross the bridge over the Mimbres river. I didnt check it out, but it sounded cool.
About 20 miles past Faywood as I headed up Emery Pass I saw some really great campsites in the Gila NF, options if you didnt want to stay the night at Faywood Springs.
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Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, United States

This was much more a spa than Faywood, larger grounds, massage options and more spa-type people. I enjoyed the variety of mineral pools. Tent camping was minimal, on the river but you could still hear the traffic from 285 nearby. They make you buy a ticket to the pools separate, which is kind of cheap if you ask me. They also close at night and they require a swimsuit. So this place was not my fave, but let me tell you about the mineral water there. The Arsenic spring piqued my interest due to its repute as a healer of arthritis, but they had the pool at around 130 so I couldnt soak long. I received a Watsu session in the Soda spring, lower temps. The iron spring was also cooler, but my fave was the iron/arsenic pools by the cliffside which gets lit up at night. They offer discounted rates if you go after 6 pm. The mud pool was unfortunately closed when I was there. They also have a lithia spring that you can drink from, there since the 19th century. The restaurant looked nice.
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Boulder, Colorado, United States

I completed my Agua Alma training in Boulder at Alpine Springs and Aspen Meadows pools, both lovely, and although not geo-thermally heated, they are treated with hydrogen peroxide and salt respectively and much healing has happened in these waters. For those of you not acquainted with aquatic bodywork, I highly recommend it.
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Jackson, Wyoming, United States

The Granite Creek was running high through a beautiful and remote valley. Our campsite was on a bench overlooking the creek where we could watch the birds soar. We saw a great blue heron and many flowers and butterflies. While hiking I met with my first wild orchid - tiny, purple, beautiful.
The water at the springs mixes with the cold spring run-off so on May 20th when the pool opened the water came out at just 80 degrees. Luckily it was flowing out at 99 when we were there, which tranlates to about 93-94 in the pool. Slightly cooler than I prefer but there was something about the mineral content that made this water so soothing. That is, until a large group of 8 year old girls showed up!
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San Francisco, United States

OK no new hot springs info to share with you all - Im in the city now, rocking out with my friends and enjoying the park which is just a few blocks away. It was an interesting drive down here to the ocean from the Sierra Mtns, reminiscent of the Sierra Juarez in Oaxaca. I was sad as I remembered the beauty of that place and thinking about all the madness that is happening down there now. For those of you who are interested in more info, go to narconews.org, they have a ton of good indy articles about the Oaxacan people's movement to oust Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.
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Mammoth Lakes, California, United States

Mammoth Lakes tubs:
They are convenient (if you know how to get to them - a map helps navigate unmarked dirt roads) set amidst amazing views of the mountains and you can regulate the temperature at most of them. Early morning seems to be the time to go if you want some solitude and the bonus is if one is occupied, there is another close by you can go to. Sometimes the piping gets clogged or broken and then the pools become non-functional, which is a total bummer especially if you have made the effort to camp out there as I did at little hot creek. It was still really nice to sleep under all those shooting stars but no hot water for me that night. I think my fave was the hot tub because of the natural stone formation right next to the pool. Take a little gander at the pictures and check out the options.
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Bridgeport, California, United States

So I drove an hour north of Mammoth to check out two more springs, well worth the visit. Travertine is a series of pools that form at the base of the white travertine formation, overlooking the valley. There were not really any camping options here, and with a small cemetary and a shooting range nearby, I was not in the mood to camp there anyways. Buckeye provided many more opportunities in that regard - there is an official NF campground but I preferred the solitude of a site off a dirt road and down towards Buckeye creek. It was so quiet and I built a campfire and played my guitar and was at peace under the huge tree where I set up my tent. The next morning I hiked up the creek lookng for the springs - it was brisk at 730 AM and I was so pleased to round the bend and see the steam rising up from the side of the hill where the spring water was emptying into the creekside pools.
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