Dear Mr Berg,
I have to say I am sorry for automatically assuming you had an agenda. We were all lumping you into the same group of people that run the LA Times newspaper. They are not very friendly regarding the hot springs. I guess they assume we are all a bunch of trouble makers that frequent the area. We just happen to love nature and meeting nice people. Over the years, many of us have developed close friendships ... some people have even met and married at the springs. It is truely a magical, spiritually healing place.
Please do not let our ignorance discourage you from writing and please come visit us at the springs if you are ever in the area. I'm sure you will be enchanted by the place as much as the rest of us.