That'd be nice of you to adopt the "hot springs" cat, Jobe. I'm surprised she's lasted this long with coyotes and other dangerous critters around.
I'm curious, what made the young couple you met at the springs, "hip" in your opinion? The slang word, "hip," an update to its predecessor, "hep," has been around since at least the early 1940's and had many meanings attached since then, so which meaning did you attach to the pair, or is there now a new one you're using?