Ah yes, it's that time of year. I enjoy natural hot springs very much. I find the geology of these places fascinating and of course warm water and quiet can be pretty good also. In this state, I have soaked in four. I'm not talking about the Homestead, Crystal Hot Springs, etc. but places in the public domain where nature still surrounds you.
Today I went to Diamond Fork Hot Springs (hereafter referred to as DFHS). I will not get into the hows and wheres of getting there. I suppose if someone wanted directions they could just Google it.......I did.
It is a 5 mile round trip and 700 or so feet elevation gain. Not exactly crushing, but a decent workout. I have been there upwards of 40 times over the last few years. I've seen just about everything. There is the drunken college kids, scouts, couples making out, and the occasional enthusiast like myself. It turns out one guy is basically responsible for building all the tubs out of cement he hauled up over the course of the years and the rocks that he had to move to make them. He died a few years back apparently, but I often wonder what it would have been like. Dedicated is one thing. Just the work of constructing the four pools would have been about 500 man hours according to my estimates and that excludes time and expense of materials and transporting them. I'm looking for just such an opportunity, but all the undeveloped springs are not up for grabs.
At any rate, I saw a bit of everything today except the scouts. The water was soothing. The path still fairly bright with autumn colors, and not to many people. I avoid weekends due to crowds obviously. As it gets colder, the waters is even more wonderful and the crowds and the rowdies will fall off. Of course, the weirdest day I ever had there was also one of the coldest. Go figure.
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