caliente springz

before utah, i had never gone/seen a hot spring..
however i was given the opportunity to
splish splash
in some hot springs
in the winter season
and it was totes
worth it...

During thanksgiving, my WHOLE family came from orange county, redlands, and sacramento
to come visit me and mr. nugy!

it was so awesome to have my family here visiting. long and i were able to be tourists for the few days they were here..

this included watching TWILIGHT (with our blood lippy sticky),

Eating at Chuck-A-RAMA (scones & old people please!)

 And visiting Temple Square!

and of course doing the family duties like cooking 10 different sides for the turkey! (with a large amount of cream cheese! heart attack)

if anyone knows the Avalos family, they will know that we have every breathing second planned (and we all got it from our mother)

that included our 2 hour drive to the hot springs

i guess the weather couldn't really be considered as "winter" since there was no snow on the ground, the temperature was about 40 degrees, and the sun was shining brighter than everrrrr

however, the hotsprings was fabulous.
no hike.
no skinny dippers.
and totes made for babies.

we spent 2 hours as a family soaking up the sun, joking, and betting who will get preggy next
(cross your fingers its serene!!!!)

it was so fun and i highly recommend going if you just wanna relax and have a quick road trip!


A few weeks after, my good friends also known as the hubble/fuqua cool kids, invited long and i to another hot spring!

a lot closer, but a hike involved

this time, we left at 9pm with no clouds in sight and a full moon with snow on the ground.
it had to have been 20 degrees.

once we made it, there weren't many pools
we jumped in one that was empty, we stripped down, got in the water and it was luke warm.
2 seconds after we all jumped in the water, the water was draining into another pool. there was a shirt blocking the hole so that the water wouldn't suck out, however one too many butts pulled it out.

and there we were. in bathing suits. soaking wet. in 20 degree weather. (the water was draining at this point and long had no idea as he was pulling off his clothing, about to jump into... no water)

luckily a couple had just left another hot spring a little further up and said the had to leave it was so hot.
and at that point we wanted hot.
the girls jumped out barefoot, ran over the snow in bathing suits and made it.

frost bitten toes + dipping foot in 100 degree water = no bueno

eventually we made it in. with half our bodies in the water. it was too hot to bare.
it was definitely the experience. changing was unpleasant.

frozen hair. naked. frost bitten toes.

long was VERY excited to get back to the car.. so excited he slipped and fell..

spraining his ankle.



in all, caliente springz = freezing your butt off the whole hike back if you go at night!