Our preferred method of pay for service is cold hard cash, but we're willing to make exceptions. Booze tab, food and a plug in? Sold. When you're on the road amenities can be just as helpful as money. In the case of the unabating sub zero temperatures, sleeping anywhere inside with heat was an acceptable form of pay. When my cold call to Symes Hot Springs to inquire about a last minute show paid off with a free room we were thrilled at the opportunity to warm up, because, as we regrettably learned, RVs have a hard time staying warm in arctic temps. Empty propane tank lights in the wee hours of the frigid cold morning are not fun to see. So we drove our way through the whip cream coated hills, glistening in the frosty stillness and played for the few brave locals who came out.
Being near naked in -15 degrees is an experience. I can't describe it any other way. Nothing is comparable. Your body seems to go immediately into survival mode and all you can do is just run and utter obscenities.
"Shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!"
You can't even muster the few seconds it takes to relax and take a full breath so you're basically just hyper-ventilating and cussing the entire little jaunt from the hotel to the pool and then.... It's ecstasy. Just pure goodness enveloping your entire body.
We soaked and we slept. For 12 hours we slept. And we were warm. Too bad we can't take heat with us, store it up in our bones, because the cold isn't over yet. But for the moment we were warm and rested.
http://www.symeshotsprings.com/
~Rumeysa
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