July 9, 2011 -- After trekking the Indian trail we had the ambition to visit Ogden Hot Springs. We probably should have simply followed the Bonneville Shoreline trail back to Rainbow Gardens but we had to make it to the Ogden Canyon overlook and bushwhack our way down the mountain -- it has to be an adventure.
We found a hidden hot spring that gently ran down the mountain and paved a way to Rainbow Gardens. The spring was incredibly hot and smelled of sulphate. Because of the heat from the spring there was fascinating fauna everywhere.
We soon started back up Ogden Canyon to the hot pools adjacent to the man made waterfall
The hot springs are on the south side of the mouth of the canyon just after you go under the large overhead water pipe and we were lucky to have them all to ourselves despite being literally yards from the busy motorists traveling unknowingly up and down the canyon.
There are three "pools" and they are all hot! When I got out I was a lobster but of course I really love hot showers, pools, baths...hot water in general.
After our relaxing in the pools we met my dad and our kids and headed to the Ogden's Farmers Market for Cowboys!
This year to usher in Pioneer Days festivities outlaws, the stage coach and a mounted posse flooded 25th Street during the Farmer's Market! We rode the stage coach after witnessing the shootout in the streets. Nothing like a great day trekking through Indian paths and ending with a shoot out and stagecoach ride to appreciate the legacy of the west!
