in hot water

if you're a water baby like me or maybe even if you're not so much...a hot mineral soak can do the body and soul good! especially in the wintertime to soothe aches and colds, sore muscles or fight off the flu. local portlanders can get to the healing waters of bonneville hotsprings in just a little over an hour. it makes for a very nice sunday drive and for just $40 you can soak in and drink the water (which contains an impressive amount of good-for-you minerals) and be wrapped up in fresh linen blankets afterwards, like a little cocoon. oregon has a lot of natural hotspring areas, ranging from bagby to kah-nee-tah, where i would swim often as a child. whether you want to traipse out in the woods to soak at the source or don a spa's white robe, you too can find yourself in healing hot water.