With one last summer trip to Europe, consisting of Amsterdam, France, and Switzerland, we knew had to fit in a hot spring.  The city of Leukerbad is inside the Swiss alps, about a 2.5-hour drive from Geneva., which has an international airport. The drive is mostly HI way and very scenic, but the last part, […]

There were 2 draws for me to go to the Jemez area.  One the junipers and pines in the area, make great bonsai, which I like to collect in the wild, and the hot springs in the area, Jemez springs is about and hour and 15 minutes from Albuquerque, which has an international airport.  

Usually hot springs are out in a nice natural setting, with a mountain view or dessert scenery, but this one is right in the middle of the huge city of Los Angeles.  It’s the only 100% natural hot spring in Los Angeles. You can tell your close to Beverly Hills when the parking lot has

With a couple days off, we headed to Boise, to do a few hot springs up in the central forested part of the state.  Our first   stop was Roystone hot springs.  Roystone is about 35 miles from Boise, which is the capital, the largest city and the commercial airport.  We had reserved our soaking time

When someone mentions a European hot spring, one picture, and one name usually comes to mind first…the blue lagoon in Iceland.  Its milky blue water contrasting with the black lava surrounding the water is a striking scene. Just a couple miles from the blue lagoon, is the volcano that has been on and off erupting