I'm hoping to make a side trip to DCHS on my way to the NetNude gathering at DeAnza Springs, the first week of April. Has Bowen Ranch road improved or been graded since the last major washout? Is it negotiable with a regular passenger vehicle? Any updates will be appreciated. --NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
I just received the Spring issue of TNS' N Magazine, and therein is a write-up on DCHS by DCV's very own Ron M. Very nicely done, Ron! Is that your mug in the San Onofre article, too? --NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
HesperiaMan, I would be remiss in not offering some remarks in Jobe's defense. You criticized him for not joining DCV's cleanup efforts, but not everyone can be there whenever they'd like to. If you read far enough back on this forum, you might discover that Jobe has a stash of hoses for cleaning the pools when they need it and he can get around to it. The fact is that Jobe lives in Las Vegasby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
I've tried the alternate route when the road on Bowen Ranch was in good shape. It was rough going in a low clearance passenger vehicle then, so I can't imagine it being any better now.by Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
This topic was raised on a naturist hikers' message board I frequent. One member mentioned that he helped get Baker Beach, near San Francisco, sanctioned as a clothing optional beach. He defended a woman in court who had been cited for public indecency or some sort of offensive nudity when she was discovered sunbathing topless in a secluded spot of that beach. His defense questioned why the laby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Typical commentary from water resource management authorities in any community with declining water levels--they always define "drought" in terms of the long-term outlook for aquafer storage. The reality is nature's definition, and what the local residents are experiencing. Interesting how much bartering and cost is involved with distributing what nature provides for free! --NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Awesome! Thanks for sharing those pics, Wiz.....you're getting pretty handy with that new digicam. The recent storms in the SW have even filled in the large swimming pool at Goldstrike HS, NV (the one you refer to as "the gem". That one will probably take days to shovel out. With all the rain during this season, the Spring blossom at DC should be phenomenal this year. Hope I can gby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Hi All! Just got back to the USA after a year overseas, deprived from natural hot springs. LV Barehiker and I are planning an overnight campout at Bowen Ranch on Wednesday, 18 Aug, and all day Thursday at DCHS. Hope some of you can break away and join us. --NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Never mind.........had to cancel.by Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
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This rash issue is raised at various hot springs every winter. Certain hot spring conditions and temperatures are conducive to the parasite that causes "swimmer's itch." When the air temperatures are cooler, visitors spend more time soaking than they do in the warmer months, and are more likely to be affected. This parasite exists in some pools at Goldstrike Hot Springs in Nevada, buby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Sorry Wizard, but your only option is to read all messages over again, or your new Dell will lock up.....maybe we'll hear from you again in a couple of weeks. Just kidding. The fact that you've previously visited websites and read messages probably won't be recognized by your new computer because the 'cookies' which tag that information are on your old computer's hard drive. Now that you're &qby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
If you look very carefully at the background, and drink enough boxcar wine, you can see Wizard's dog beneath the trees. -NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Maybe Wizard's roaming Deep Creek, and didn't take a laptop with a satellite link? Jobe, are you hiking to Goldstrike any evening this weekend? I was planning on a full moon trip until the temps got up to 115+. Don't want to become a statistic. -- NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Aw geez, Katrina! Why did you have to go break a thread of positive stories with your critical nonsense? If Mother Nature ran it's course at an unimproved AZ Pool, there'd simply be hot spring water flowing into the creek. As I recall during my first visit there over 10 years ago, the AZ Pool was just a shallow depression in the sand, full of mud and algae (the depression was not dug out by Moby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Jobe, I trekked down to Goldstrike Hots Springs on the Saturday full moon night before those hikers died. Joanne met me at the upper trailhead around 7pm, and we met Zack hiking in where the upper trail meets GS Canyon. He said he passed you on the way in, so you missed us by less than 30 minutes. We met one other couple just leaving the pools when we got there. The 3 of us enjoyed the peaceby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Jobe, You're sounding a bit loopy. Is that attributed to delerium from suffering heat stroke in Goldstrike Canyon, or did you pilfer Wizard's boxcar wine? -- NNby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
Yes indeed, Friday was an excellent day at Oz. Nice to meet you again, Wizard. LV Barehiker & I camped out at Bowen Ranch Friday night. It got a little cool & breezy. We returned to Oz around 7:30 on Saturday morning. The clouds burned off and it turned out to be another fine day. It got busy around noon, when a large Green Tortoise tour arrived. I met AZ Mike, Dammit Chloe, and Iby Nevada Naturist - Deep Creek Hot Springs, Apple Valley, California
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