What does Deep Creek Hot Springs mean to you? Post your response on the forum. If you do not want your response openly seen on this forum, then email it to my personal email address shown. Mike Castro, Emmett Berg and I, (Arizona Mike) will get together to produce, what Deep Creek Hot Springs means to you. We've seen Mr. Emmett's recent L.A. Times article and many of you were unhappy of what was reported. It's not too late to change some it. It can be re-repoted. YOU HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE.https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3139#msg-3139Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:40:08 -0700 Phorum 5.2.10 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3242#msg-3242 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3242#msg-3242 DCR Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaSun, 28 Jul 2002 20:13:07 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3200#msg-3200 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3200#msg-3200 Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaSat, 27 Jul 2002 10:56:39 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3192#msg-3192 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3192#msg-3192 Laughing Bear Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaFri, 26 Jul 2002 22:33:18 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3180#msg-3180 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3180#msg-3180 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaFri, 26 Jul 2002 10:13:14 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3175#msg-3175 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3175#msg-3175
By compiling all these short stories such as yours, we gather vital information of our own and then we can jam it back at those who are disrespectful of DCHS in our brochure.

You know, there's so many visitors annually visiting DCHS and really no one has ever asked me nor have I ever asked anyone else about what the springs means to us.

I am still working on my version of the brochure and just looking for a little extra info from others. I doubt if the information I collect will go very far, (newspapers) but then who knows. I do want to speak with Emmett Berg yet.

By the way, thanks again for your input and I may post what DCHS means to me later today, after I wake-up and get some coffee in me. I'm head'n fer bed! Later, ........Az]]> Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaFri, 26 Jul 2002 01:59:26 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3174#msg-3174 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3174#msg-3174 Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaFri, 26 Jul 2002 01:35:58 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3173#msg-3173 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3173#msg-3173
I have ways to get to Mr. Berg and then we'll see what Blusky, I mean Katrina is saying is true or not. Actually it doesn't make any difference if it gets published, I personally would just like to hear from DC Hot Springers.

By the way, did you know that there is no such word as "Springers"?

Anyway Wiz, stay dressed in the right places.]]> Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaFri, 26 Jul 2002 01:30:38 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3166#msg-3166 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3166#msg-3166etb@journalist.com. I think now our focus should continue to be on finalizing a name for the group and finalizing the Mission Statement, as well as working on the brochure content.]]> Paul P. Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 23:09:39 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3163#msg-3163 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3163#msg-3163Please do let us know if Mr. Berg wants to do another piece. Although a retractive article is not likely, and not likely to be desired by Mr. Berg or the Times, a different article is still possible. Or, Mr. Berg may be thinking of another article to be published in another publication.
On the other hand, one of your posts suggests that you yourself have an interest in people's stories. Please clarify this as I am confused. I would of course prefer to not see the place so publicised, but then it is listed and publicised already and not any secret. (I did learn about it shortly after arriving in the Inland Empire)]]> sycamore laughing Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 20:18:32 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3162#msg-3162 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3162#msg-3162
As you can see by the above comments, we as a group have mixed feelings about publicity about DCHS. Perhaps that is why you got so little response when you first asked for people's stories. I hope you did not take my comments about your article in a personal way, as a criticism of yourself. If you do write about DCHS again, I hope that you will spend more time there as suggested by Paul.

In some ways, any publicity is potentially bad news for the springs. Yet, even though less people will want to visit DCHS if they think it is some lawless wild-west type place, the people who will want to visit will be looking for that environment.

This is why I am more concerned about your article than I would be about a positive article that drew larger crowds to the site. Even though increased usage is in itself bad, responsible usage can be hard to foster when people are drawn here for the "wrong reasons."
If you've been reading recent postings, then you know that a group of people who post here have made some real progress towards forming a group whose main function will be to do mainly that: foster good attitudes.

Miracles happen at and around DCHS. The creepy things that happen just get remembered longer.

Ask for me at the springs if/when you visit. I am not too hard to find, even if you don't ask a sycamore tree. I"ll be there around the 24th for the weekend, camping at Bowen and soaking during the daytimes.

Peace.]]> sycamore laughing Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 20:04:13 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3161#msg-3161 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3161#msg-3161 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 19:53:07 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3160#msg-3160 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3160#msg-3160 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 19:43:37 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3159#msg-3159 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3159#msg-3159
In the old days it was only word of mouth. paul.]]> paul Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 19:34:39 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3158#msg-3158 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3158#msg-3158thank you for seeing the light. Paul.]]> paul Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 19:32:12 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3154#msg-3154 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3154#msg-3154
I personally want to know and hear for myself as I am sure you guy's feel the same also. We may all learn something here from this if I can only get enough input. I also plan to ask Mike Castro as well. If Katrina / Wm / Rick Webmaster want to say a few words, I would also appreciate it as well.

I will try to share all of it with you, which includes my feelings or story of DCHS to. But please give your input! Dig it out from within you. Just tell me what DCHS means to you.

I will give some update on what is given to me, say in couple of days. I am truely interested!

Thanks to all so far, ........Arizona]]> Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 19:16:55 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3149#msg-3149 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3149#msg-3149 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 14:32:42 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3148#msg-3148 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3148#msg-3148 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 14:06:29 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3146#msg-3146 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3146#msg-3146OK here it is.
Being a Native American, Deep Creek Hot Springs holds a special place within me. Being there puts me back in the days when only the indians came here for gatherings and ceremonies. There is a camp site up stream about 1 mile. There are holes in the rocks where native women ground seeds. And at the springs if you look around real hard you can find chips of obsidian (not a local stone) where Indians made arrowheads and points for their spears. Yes the springs has a lot of good history too. I just would not like to see the place overrun by a lot of "wanna be" archeologists, and on the same note I would not want to see it overrun by urbanites who don't have any respect for where they live or where they go.
Please one more chance, Mr.Berg; if you do another article do not add maps, after all the harder it is to get here the longer it will last.
Suggestion , before your next article please visit the springs again and talk to the people and get their feelings, walk around, go up and down the trails, look at the place with the eye of an Indan and see for yourself how wonderfull this place really is, and I truly believe that you will have a more positive image in your mind.]]> paul Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 13:58:41 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3144#msg-3144 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3144#msg-3144Ten years slipped by, and I am no longer young and not as concerned about unwanted attention. Then I found out that my dear friend goes to the springs regularly. I went once with another friend, and after that started visiting regularly with my best friend. Now we've gone and fallen in love, can you imagine?
Once I had been to the springs just one time, I found that the things I had heard from my friends and acquaintences were true. Oh, DCHS gets its share of wierdos and perverts I am sure, but the community of regulars who visit the site help to keep it clean in more ways than just carrying out trash. I could see right away that I wouldn't have had to worry about the kinds of attention that turned me away from nudism many years ago, and I feel that would be true even for younger, more "attractive" women as well.
Deep Creek means to me a place to finally be able to enjoy nature in the freedom of nudity.

DCHS is a sacred place. Native Americans knew that, and I have learned much about wisdom from Native Americans. To me, it is personally sacred because of the bond between the site, my partner, and myself. My partner has stood by my side while I faced my deepest fears and took control finally of my life. But that is another story.
DCHS is home. The people who respect her and love her are my family. The sycamore trees seem to greet me on my visits. The rocks stand as witness to miracles.
I am surprised that anyone can visit here and fail to understand respect. Frequent visitors will most often learn it or leave.
When we take off our clothing, we take off all those status symbols as well and become equals.]]> sycamore laughing Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 13:24:58 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3143#msg-3143 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3143#msg-3143
If I get enough input, well then I'll give him a story of own as well to. I'm just willing to provide some positive results for this hot spring. Those who were so vocal and displayed some anger about the recent story in the LA times, may now have chance to get it off their chest.

There's no time limit, but if we'd like another story, then let's present one to him and see if he'll do an add-on story.

anyone?]]> Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 13:09:01 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3140#msg-3140 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3140#msg-3140 Wizard Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 10:07:58 -0700 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3139#msg-3139 https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,3139,3139#msg-3139
Post your response on the forum. If you do not want your response openly seen on this forum, then email it to my personal email address shown.

Mike Castro, Emmett Berg and I, (Arizona Mike) will get together to produce, what Deep Creek Hot Springs means to you. We've seen Mr. Emmett's recent L.A. Times article and many of you were unhappy of what was reported. It's not too late to change some it. It can be re-repoted.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE.]]> Arizona Mike Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, CaliforniaThu, 25 Jul 2002 09:45:44 -0700