saturday morning soak

saturday morning soak, originally uploaded by carolyn_in_oregon.

At the mineral hot springs in Carson, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge. $15 gets you a 25 minute soak in the hot hot mineral water followed by a wrap. Here I'm pouring cold water on myself as it was HOT in that tub. It felt phenomenal.

Gina & I had tried to hike Falls Creek Falls earlier in the day only to find the road closed by snow, as was the nearby Trapper Creek Wilderness hike which is supposed to be open all year. We decided to do the hot springs first then do a different hike at a lower elevation to get out of the damn snow.

Hot water on a cold day. I was very content.

photo by Gina