Friday August 13....
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, Mike & I and our friend Mark decided to find the Upper Hot Springs. Everyone knows about the Half Way Hot Springs, and we were told the Upper Hot Springs was on that same road, to just keep driving to about 22 km and that although difficult to locate, we should be able to see the trail; so after looking at a map book, we ventured on what we thought was the correct road.... we drove for a couple of hours at least on for the most part easy logging road but with definite treacherous parts. On our first try, we drove to about 22km, only to end up at a dead end, the road washout out by debris, fallen trees, and definitely no sign of a hot spring anywhere.
Not wanting to be defeated, we back tracked for a while and found another branch on the road which we though for sure must be the way. So again driving another 10plus km on that road, which was also a bit crazy in parts, we came to another dead end, but this time, it looked like it could be a hot spring area. we searched the area for signs of a stream... with no luck. By then it was almost 5pm, so we decided to drive back to Half Way hot spring for a soak, and wondered where we went wrong.
After talking to locals, they told us we were on the wrong road... but we don't regret it ! we finally know where the Half Way road goes to and it is beautiful up there - definitely a 4 x 4 road, we had to move rocks in one area to be able to go through. But another adventure, not much exercise but a fun trip nonetheless.
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