Re: Guide and photos

Levi,

Here's some potential additions for you if you haven't included some of this stuff already:

Here is some basic hot springs etiquette. This is just common sense. These aren’t rules. They don’t signify authority. The intent is to help make your Deep Creek Hot Springs visits more enjoyable for you and your fellow hotspringers.

-- Respect other people's privacy. Many are at the Hot Springs for quiet time. Please refrain from shouting. Don't monopolize a person's time unless the welcome mat is out. Recognize when you are unwelcome.

-- Do not bring glass containers. Even though you can take the greatest of care, accidents do happen or someone else could accidentally bump in to you. No one wants their children to cut themselves on glass you brought in.

-- Pack it in, pack it out. There is no official trash collection at Deep Creek. Just because we are doing our part to look after this beautiful place does not mean we are your trash collectors. If you carried it down, you can carry it back up. It is recommended that you pack out a little more than you packed in. Unfortunately, not everyone packs all their trash out. Remember cigarette butts and melted candles are trash as well. Please do not leave them in the pools for others to take out.

-- Respect the environment. Do not cut down trees or harm the wild life and other vegetation you see at the springs or on the trails.

-- Don’t go out of established nude areas. To wander nude into clothing compulsive territory may offend many, and undermine our objectives. The hot springs you save may be your own.

-- No overt sexual activity. Nude is not lewd but combined with sex, it undermines our image and could cost us our freedom and enjoyment of the hot springs.

-- Speak up for our standards. If a person seems unaware of hot springs etiquette, explain it kindly and plainly. Don't let uncouth individuals ruin our fragile and beautiful place under the sun.

-- Do not photograph people without their permission. It is common courtesy to ask first. Not everyone wants to end up in a stranger's photo album. Never photograph any children but your own.