Hippies Unite!

artb — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:02:00 GMT

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!

Diaper Bandit : orgegon hikes with babies

Hippies Unite!