I guess that is my point. There are plenty of hot springs around there where you can pay. Why do you object to something that is free? Must everyone pay because you don't like funky old hot springs? Go to the pay places. I for one support Chief Tecopa's desire to keep these free. Especially when the community will gladly take care of the springs.
Robin -----Original Message----- From: nvrockhounds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Boondocking] Re: tecopa These "poor folks" have been a drain on county resources for many years, the county is trying to get out of the hot springs business, and the resulting hassle, and financial burden. We have been going to Tecopa for more than 50 years, and if you wanted to have a much better camping/soaking experience, you had/have other private campgrounds to use. If you can drive down from Washington or Oregon to reach Tecopa you can also stay in one of the other parks in town, they all have hot water, These people you have heart for cannot walk to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, should we build an Elevator for them? I am a senior citizen myself, I have soaked at Tecopa more than most, I will not miss the old County hot springs Campground and the mess it had become. If it makes you feel better to say you have "Heart", why don't you pay for their soaks? I myself, love using the free hot ditch and looking for opals and amythest crystals in the desert around Tecopa, it is a very wonderful place. The RV park in Shoshone has its own Hot Springs swimming pool, just 5 miles North. Pahrump is still only 30 miles away, and if they "poor folk" drive down to the Slab City site out of Niland, CA they can camp for free yearround, with a hot shower and a hot soaking pool. Near Holtville, CA is the Hot Well Long Term Visitor Area or LTVA for short, with its own hot soak http://www.desertdutch.org/hotsprings.htm By the way, Robin, how many of these "Poor Folks" at Tecopa do you know by name? Millie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To reply to this message, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/post?act=reply&messageNum=7465 Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
