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Article: HOT SPRINGS SOAKERS SEEK SOOTHING POOLS.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 22, 1996
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To many of their fanciers, the springs that bubble up hot from deep inside the Earth are like Mother Nature's tonic for the body and soul, best experienced in a natural state.
Some swear the mineral-rich water is beneficial to the health, and even drink it. Others simply enjoy soaking, au naturel or otherwise, while surrounded by scenic settings.
But to others, particularly those charged with managing hot springs on public lands, they can be scummy holes of questionable water quality where naked partyers prevent visits by the more modest.
Hot springs are formed when rain and other surface waters drain through faults or cracks in the Earth's ...