7/31/24
Opal-
Today after my second to last shift I visited a place a bit off the beaten path. A place rumored to have a hot spring the color of tomato soup. I had heard of it through a friend of a friend who said "It's not quite legal, but it's not quite illegal." I went with a few people from the restaurant, Morgan a server assistant, and her boyfriend. We drove, parked, and followed a stream that led to the hot springs. It was about a mile-long hike until we reached our first hot spring. This one wasn't red but it was a deep pristine blue. We began to find more blue springs, some deep, some bubbling. You could tell how untouched they were by tourists. Everything seemed more beautiful here than on the boardwalks. Eventually, we began to climb a hill, cutting through trees and branches until all of a sudden there it was. A spring the color of tomato soup. It didn't seem real and was very tempting to stick your finger in and lick it. We knew there were more pools so we headed on and came upon another red hot spring, this one larger, and more unrealistic. It was weird being out there in the woods coming upon something that didn't seem like it should exist in nature. It made me wonder what else there was out there.
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