November 4, 2013

A few of our favorite hot springs

 

Mary and I decided to have our selves a second honeymoon for 2 weeks traveling from Norris Hotspring, my last Montana gig, to Nevada City, CA where we’re at right now.  We charted a course through the most remote and sparsely populated part of the lower 48 states.  We stopped at a few of my favorite hotsprings along the way.  Including Whitehorse Ranch Hotspring in the desert uplands of S.E. Oregon.  It’s 25 miles of dirt road to get here, and 25 more to connect to the highway to Denio, NV (the most remote town in the lower 48 states).  If you look carefully on the cement wall separating the pools you’ll see “HOT and COLD” as if you wouldn’t be able to tell.  Mary was looking great in her new summer dress.  We stayed for a couple nights.

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October 18, 2013

Jerry Johnson Hot Springs

 

Just got this photo in from my good friends Mike and Nicole in Missoula, Montana.  They took me on a hike to the spot they were married some 13 years ago: Jerry Johnson Hot Springs in the mountains of Idaho.  Mike and I were so excited we jumped for joy on the Forest Service suspension bridge.  Wahoo!

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October 16, 2013

The view from the pool at Norris Hot Springs

 

The view from the pool at Norris Hot Springs.  You can see the Geodesic dome that is the stage.  Because it was so cold, just above freezing, they had the clear poly cover in front.  So I really was playing in a bubble.  It was one of the most surreal gigs I’ve ever played.  Don’t get me wrong, It’s a great place.  I hope I get to play there many more times.

My gig ended at 9:30, (they said not to play longer because they close the pool at 10pm.)  So I stripped naked and got in the pool as soon as I was done.  It was mostly college folk in the pool.  I asked a couple guys, they explained that there’s 50,000 students 33 miles away in Bozeman.  55,000 is bigger than almost every town in Montana!  So the pool was quite the party scene.  Steven, an all around great guy that works there, came and pulled the drain plug at 9:45, and by 10:10 I was the only one left in the 2 foot and sinking deep pool.  by 10:15 it was empty.  No one had to announce the pool was closing.

Mary and I stayed one more night, enjoyed the music, and the pool (thanks Norris for letting us stay!) And Monday morning we woke to steel grey couds, cold and sleet.  We packed up and got on the road as soon as we could.  We pointed Vincent south, drove through snow storms and then relished in the sun of central Idaho and the wild rose hotspring near Craters of the Moon National monument.

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