Death Of A Hot Spring?

Rockhopper here and in Idaho there's been an amazingly beautiful hot spring that has been freely available to people for over 50 years to use but now there are changes of foot is this the death of a hot spring numerous rumors about this place one was that they dynamited the hot spring and that it no longer existed and that may have just been a rumor concocted to discourage people from coming here since they knew that the land ownership was going to be transferred or they suspected it was Everything's changed here at the hotring not supposed to come here anymore that's parked right where the trail is or was this is the trail to the hot spring people have been using this hot spring for over 50 years several generations of people in fact and this is in Idaho this is the last chance hot springs and it is the last chance to use it but I do have permission from the uh caretakers this is all private property and it's going to be developed they've got one of the guys camped out not far from the hot spring and his job is just to tell people that everything's changed and you really can't use the hot springs anymore and they do have private property signs posted and cameras here now so they're trying to keep an eye on the place and discourage people from coming here and you know they're cool guys but that's their job there's some muddy bits in the trail just try and get around go to the side it's about A4 mile or so walk through the forest down the trail to get to the hot spring there have been a lot of rumors throughout these past few years but this is actually private property now or it was anyway but it was never really used in any way other than just people coming in enjoying the the natural hot springs that are here so that's all apparently going to change the rumor I heard today is that it's going to become like a kind like an RV park or something out here which is really sad cuz this place has been just a natural Little Wonder for a long long time the trail goes through the forest and it's a really pretty little Trail you got some Golden Rod over here and uh we just keep going out here to the hot spring through the forest trail and you got your River down there nice river right beside the hot springs pretty much know we'll just keep carrying on there's a look down in the river there so there's a couple other people that uh recently got permission and they should be here at the hot spring already and we should be the only people out here so this is the hot spring here as you can see it's really pretty and it's a shame if it's no longer usable I'm here with Jillian and Jeremy and we are chilling in hot spring this might be our very last chance cuz uh we've heard some things that they're going to be developing this place and it doesn't sound pretty uh right now it's very pretty you can see up here this is totally natural you got the uh water pouring down into the pool and this is a pretty sweet pool when you guys say this is pretty awesome it's amazing it's great this hot spring is totally romantic Jeremy just proposed to Jillian right here in this hot springing what do you guys think of that yeah this is pretty awesome huh yeah I G woo I'm coming back to the hot spring here in the morning want to have one last enjoyable soak before the hot springs are no longer well no longer free anyway I guess this place for years I mean I've been coming here myself probably for 20 years or more and it just had sort of an absentee property owner so the guy who owned the property older guy I think from what I heard anyway and he would put signs up uh saying private property and people I guess would tear the signs down he was never around nobody lived here I guess he lived far away perhaps and uh so for years years and years people were coming here and using hot springs and it was just an acceptable thing really he got tired of dealing with the signs and he just kind of gave up on it figured nobody's really hurting the place or leaving trash or doing anything bad so it was just sort of a local custom to come here and it's been that way for decades a lot of what we thought was National Forest on the other side is in fact private property and who knows what's going to happen to that all right in here for one last soap here this morning nice cool morning here in the mountains in the forest feeling good here in the hotspring so have a good look at this place while it's still in its really natural state this is your view while you're sitting in the pool here you got the river right down there rushing by and uh nice view of the forest so it's a pretty peaceful and relaxing place to be so this place is near the last chance Campground it's just a bit north of Meadows Idaho before you get some Mall this is a memorial a tribute to this hot spring and it's for all the hundreds of thousands of people who've come here I know you've come here to soak and party and who knows what else you've done in here so I hope this is one good memory for you the new owners they might make it into a pay only hot spring they might restrict access to the public alog together or they might even dismantle the entire hot spring but I don't think they're going to do that so soak in the view and keep it in your memories well it didn't take long for that to happen we put up barbed wire and signs however it may not all be bad news if you look there it says that you can apparently Reserve free hotot Springs here but you do have to have a reservation and there is some kind of a grumpy manager out there so that's the way it's gone it looks like the outcome wasn't quite as bad as some people expected you can still use the hot springs you just have to reserve online and get in during that little slot that you reserved and then go back to Camp or go home or whatever it is there is some Public Access still available so that's a good thing I hope you enjoyed learning about this place and seeing the hot springs and I wish that couple all the best 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