Woke up to the most amazing sunrise at our secluded spot. Slept 10 hours last night! I thought this was going to be the highlight of my day, little did I know what lay ahead.
Meadow Hot Spring surpassed our expectations! Two incredible swimming holes, that are more like cenotes but quite warm. This little gem was about 10 feet or so deep, crystal clear water and perfect for a day swim. The water was about 95 degrees. We hung out and swam for several hours.
Even though there were quite a few people camping there we managed to get this hot spring to ourselves for awhile. Glad we arrived on Sunday morning and not Saturday night. After talking to a few people seems like there was a party going on last night. I did rather enjoy the young Mormon gentlemen, wearing his white shirt and black slacks, and his girlfriend wearing a black dress. They said they just came from church and wanted to go for a swim. He very methodically took off his watch, shoes, socks, belts, shirt, and then proceeded to go swimming in his pants. His girlfriend just got in with her dress. Kinda a different vibe than we’re used to, heck half the time people are in the buff.
This was the other hot spring. It was much hotter, maybe 100 or so, (a true hot spring) and also really deep, about 30 feet or so. There’s a rope hanging across the middle so you can hold or sit. Don’t know if you can see me, but I’m on the far right - perched on a rock and doing my best to socially distance. (My foot is just peaking out of the water). Everyone was super chill and just enjoying the sunny day.
We give this hot spring an A rating. The water was super clear, deeper than any hot springs we’ve experienced, great temperature and easy to get to. Will definitely plan on revisiting this for future trips, but would like to time it for a mid-week rather than a weekend.
The dirt road leading to Meadow Hot Spring was a lot easier! About 5 miles down a well graded and nicely compacted dirt road.
Tonight we are staying at Palisades State Park. It’s a road stop along our journey, not really a destination place. When I booked reservations I made sure to get a lakeside campsite. One small issue...the lake has about disappeared. The boat dock is on dry land, the swimming raft is listing rather forlornly on dirt lake bottom and it’s a good football field to reach the lake from our campsite.
