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Hippies Unite!

This one goes out to all you placenta eating hippies out there!  Here in Oregon we've got plenty of them, and they're procreating rapidly too.  Maggie and her sister Ella took a mothers/daughters trip out to the famous hippie hang-out Bagby Hot Springs the other day and here's some fascinating photos. 

 

 

The weather was not looking promising in the morning as much snow was forecasted to fall across Oregon, but the sisters braved it anyway and had a gay old time.   Bagby Hot Springs is the site featured in the fine film  "Old Joy" which I recommend to those of you into indie type productions and the great singer Will Oldham. 

 

 

 

Many of the best photos were censored by the powers that be, but as you can see, like all good hippie institutions, Bagby Hot Springs is clothing optional and there's no authority figure present to harsh your mellow buzz.  You just hike a mile through the woods and fill up your killer hot tub carved from a fallen old growth tree.  The babies, Elsie and Ida, reportedly enjoyed the hot bath very much, though the temperature of the water was kept more lukewarm for their sensitve skin.  I was concerned that this would be a bummer due to the cold temperatures outside but all was well, sayeth the ladies.

 

 

They had the place all to themselves, which enhanced the crunchy vibes thoroughly, but then some other kind hippiefolk showed up and began slapping their goatskin drums to the rhythms of the earth mothership, so the sisters decided to leave, well satisfied of course.  So, all you hippies out there go out and find some kind natural springs and dunk your kids in them!  It's good clean fun!

 



Comments

 

JJ Stauffer said:

"sayeth the ladies"?  What is your deal?  And why did you steal my gravity bong?

December 2, 2007 10:08 PM
 

dhsredhead said:

Sounds awesome. We have a similar, yet less hippie location on the east coast called Berkley Springs. I'm interested in staying there with my family sometime.

December 5, 2007 2:41 PM
 

GirlsGoneChild said:

Good times, mellow vibers. Good times.

December 5, 2007 4:46 PM
 

john "billy goat" anderson said:

Hey, your old lady is S-T-A-C-K-E-D!  Way to go, buddy.

December 5, 2007 8:27 PM
 

Harout said:

Artur,

I want to drink vodka and eat Chinese food with you at Bagby Hot Springs.

You say me when.

Harout

December 9, 2007 6:15 PM

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Arthur Bradford

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His first book, Dogwalker, was published by Knopf in 2001, and in Vintage paperback in 2002. He is also the director of "How's Your News?", a documentary film series featuring news reporters with mental disabilities that has appeared on HBO, Cinemax, PBS and Trio (howsyournews.com).

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