I love hunting for hot springs in the winter it's so fun. It's not just the
soak, it's about getting there. There's all
sorts of different ways you have to get to these different Hot Springs. There's
different types of Hot Springs. If you're into finding and hunting for Hot Springs
Idaho has double the amount of hot springs of Oregon, Washington, and British
Columbia combined. I love hunting for Hot Springs in the winter because less
people. Hot Springs get super popular obviously they're awesome but in the
winter like today, winter, middle of December. There is no one out here and I
dig having the hot springs to myself. A lot of these trips Chad and I do
together. On other ones I bring my family and sometimes you just have to get out
into it on your own. Someone made a comment hey you should check out Loftus
Hot Springs and I thought sure why not. I know it's about two and a half hours
from Boise. I know it's right along this road here which is the road to Atlanta
it's called North Middle Fork Road. Side note when I was told about Loftus when I
got that message on our YouTube channel thank you who sent that to me. Hiking Hot
Springs in the Pacific Northwest by Evie Litton. I got all my information
for Loftus Hot Springs. It's got how to get there, what it's like,
it comes with photos, if a swimsuit is required or not. I definitely recommend
picking up something like this if you're out and exploring a new area. I'll leave
a link in the description it's fantastic I highly recommend. Going out to a place
by yourself in the middle of winter comes with some risk okay. I think that's
what I'm most scared about here is accidentally locking my keys in the car.
Use precaution if you're gonna go places by yourself before I left I told people
I am staying at Willow Creek campsite at night and then I'm going to Loftus in
the morning and then I'm heading back to Boise. If you don't hear from me by you
know tomorrow evening go for me if you haven't heard from me. I'm
about 13 miles from Loftus Hot Springs. I'm gonna sleep here tonight if somehow
I get lost in the morning or I can't find my way you know I have all that
that whole day's worth of daylight to you know try to figure it out.
Solace.
Comfort in a time of distress or sadness.
Solace is hard to come by nowadays,
unfortunately the distress and sadness part are not.
Solace looks different from
human to human. For one person it's a busy coffee shop.
For another it's in the back of their car.
My brain has always loved
alliteration. Maybe that's why I associate solace with silence and
there's no better place for silence than in the wild of winter. See I did it again,
alliteration.
Whether you know it about yourself or not, every human can find
solace in nature. You just have to know where to look.
I found it! It was right by the road, but
there's no markings for it. There's a big turnout for it but I mean everything's
white right now it's snowing there's nobody out here there's no cars.
Eventually I had to pop my drone up into the air and search for it from there.
The road is right there right behind me, right down there. And that's actually one
of the good giveaways because it's draining down and you can see the hot
water down there. This is around mile marker I think it's
right at mile marker 34. So if you're coming from Boise to Atlanta it is right
past the bridge that takes you across the Boise River and then you turn out at
Mile 34 and it's this, it's right there, it's right here. I did camp at Willow
Creek Campground like I said I was comfortable with that place. There are
two campgrounds much closer Troutdale is back aways it's around mile 33 so it's
you know a mile back towards Boise from this hot springs. The other campsite is
more towards Atlanta and it's called Niemeyer. So if you're actually just
coming out here for this hot springs those are the two sites I'd recommend.
Now, to wear a swimsuit or not? I am pretty alone so we'll see.
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